#thing

Everyone has seen photographs of Mexicans wearing those big sombreros. When you come to Mexico, the astonishing thing is, nobody wears these hats at all. ↗

— Bruce Beresford

#big #come #everyone #hats #mexicans

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#better thing #done #ever #far #go

It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes a complete answer to those who contend for the gradual degeneration of the human species, that every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#baby #born #complete #contend #degeneration

Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing. ↗

— Tony Blair

#do the right thing #lose #right #right thing #sometimes

To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance. ↗

— Buddha

#abundance #count #live #midst #must

In the NFL, you have a short shelf life. As a running back, if you're the first pick, and you're NFL life expectancy is only 3.5-6 years, your first big contract might not come until three years in - well, you might never get there. They need to get those signing bonuses up front because nothing is guaranteed. ↗

— Eric Dickerson

#because #big #come #contract #expectancy

God may not play dice with the universe, but something strange is going on with the prime numbers. ↗

— Paul Erdos

#god #going #may #numbers #play

I grew up in an abusive home and was told on a daily basis by my father that I would never amount to anything and that I looked like a boy. ↗

— Janice Dickinson

#anything #basis #boy #daily #daily basis

If it all just happens like this for the rest of my life, it's going to be one endless Groundhog Day. I determined that I was not prepared to submit to this regime, so I thought I had to do something about it. ↗

— Bruce Dickinson

#day #determined #endless #going #had

One of the things that makes our military the best in the world is the certain knowledge of each soldier, sailor, airman, and Marine that they can always count on their comrades should they need help - that they will never be abandoned. ↗

— Jon Kyl

#always #best #certain #comrades #count