#ten

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#being #bored #fear #often #person

By the time I left school, I had a lot of tenacity. ↗

— Halle Berry

#had #i #left #lot #school

The primary motive for good care and good use of the land-community is always going to be affection, which is too often lacking. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#always #care #going #good #lacking

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#contrary #exact #generally #often #truth

The bronze powder business, however, no longer required my personal attention, and was well managed by those I had chosen as the guardians of a secret, which was long and honourably kept. ↗

— Henry Bessemer

#bronze #business #chosen #guardians #had

We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends. ↗

— Mary McLeod Bethune

#change #direct #ends #good #ideas

In America, they shoot budgets and schedules, and they don't shoot films any more. There's more opportunity in Europe to make films that at least have a purity of intent. ↗

— Paul Bettany

#any #budgets #europe #films #intent

I don't know why people think I'm polished - I often leave the house with buttons missing and ladders in my tights. ↗

— Sophie Ellis Bextor

#house #i #know #ladders #leave

I don't think anyone doubts my motives, really. I do what I do and it's not very complicated. Of course, you might hate the music that I make, but I don't think people feel threatened by me just getting on with what I'm up to. ↗

— Sophie Ellis Bextor

#complicated #course #doubts #feel #getting

The fact that my mother was on television every week while I was young was occasionally awkward, and often frustrating. ↗

— Sophie Ellis Bextor

#every #fact #frustrating #i #mother