#terms

The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they don't give a damn. ↗

— Agatha Christie

#damn #failures #give #good #good terms

The danger of what's happening right now in terms of using reconciliation is, the purpose of the Senate is going to be defeated. And that is to bring consensus to big issues in this country so that we have a reasoned and thoughtful approach and that the American public buys into it. ↗

— Tom Coburn

#american public #approach #big #bring #buys

People aren't used to thinking of cultural forms spreading out across the full range of formal interactions - or what is called the "text" in literary terms. ↗

— Tony Conrad

#called #cultural #formal #forms #full

Dealing with poetry is a daunting task, simply because the reason one does it as an editor at all is because one is constantly coming to terms with one's own understanding of how to understand the world. ↗

— Peter Davison

#coming #constantly #daunting #dealing #does

My life is unrecognisable compared to what it was - 'Game of Thrones' has opened doors that were never there before. But it can be dangerous to see it in those terms, I think. It's best to take it as it comes and work as hard as you can, and hopefully the other things fall into place. ↗

— Emilia Clarke

#best #comes #compared #dangerous #doors

I put up a huge wall of denial. It was years before I was able to break through it... accepting that your child has a disability, especially one like LD that cannot be seen or easily diagnosed, is one of the hardest things to come to terms with. ↗

— Anne Ford

#accepting #before #break #cannot #child

Of course, I'm sour that if (retirement) happens, I didn't get to quit on my own terms. ↗

— Peter Forsberg

#get #happens #i #my own #own

I knew that the Hague Convention prohibited the use of poison in war. I didn't know the details of the terms of the Convention, but I did know of that prohibition. ↗

— Otto Hahn

#details #did #hague #i #knew

I have come to terms with a lot of things, because, when all's said and done, there's really very little one can do about a lot of things. You just accept them. The point is you just have to keep on working and you just have to keep on living. ↗

— Jim Dine

#accept #because #come #done #i

I don't really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself. ↗

— Steve Earle

#biggest #biggest obstacle #i #myself #obstacle