#ted

After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without; and I have been more fascinated by a woman of talent and intelligence, though deficient in personal charms, than I have been by the most regular beauty. ↗

— Washington Irving

#beauty #been #charms #deficient #divinity

The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow. ↗

— Washington Irving

#his #idol #our #out #pushes

The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves; and this of course is to be effected by stratagem. ↗

— Washington Irving

#effected #enemy #harm #least #most

No matter where you go and what you do in America, you turn the tele on and you're confronted with violence. ↗

— Steve Irwin

#confronted #go #matter #tele #turn

I wanted to talk about my life. There is so much. I was 18 when I made the record, and I had a lot to say. ↗

— Janet Jackson

#had #i #life #lot #made

I bled a lot. I got hit across the face. We couldn't film for seven days. I got hit, whacked, underwater, across the face. I finished the shot, got into the boat and blood started coming out. ↗

— Steve Irwin

#bled #blood #boat #coming #days

So, my tactic with conservation of apex predators is to get people excited and take them to where they live. ↗

— Steve Irwin

#conservation #excited #get #live #people

I got into shape because I took kick-boxing lessons every day to prepare for a fight scene with Taylor Lautner. I really wanted to lie down and eat Chinese food, but I kick-boxed every morning and ran. If someone was filming you with your kit off, you'd do the same thing. ↗

— Jason Isaacs

#chinese #chinese food #day #down #eat

Yeah, I think that his great creation was not any one product but a company in which creativity was connected to great engineering. And that will survive at least while the current people who trained under Steve are there. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

#company #connected #creation #creativity #current

Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention. ↗

— Molly Ivins

#i #next #next time #pay #pay attention