#though

I had to go on without my mother, even though I was suffering terribly, grieving her. ↗

— Cheryl Strayed

#go #grieving #had #her #i

My mother never really thought I could become anything. ↗

— Barbra Streisand

#become #could #i #mother #never

You can't become a star just by watching one on TV. Dream big and go for your goals! ↗

— Koltn Burbank

#inspirational-thought #quote #teenage-author #dreams

The god, it would appear, was frequently thought of as the physical progenitor or first father of his people. ↗

— William Robertson Smith

#father #first #frequently #god #his

A year is an eternity in politics - though less than a moment in history. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#history #less #moment #politics #than

I think it was one of the better meetings that I've had with those guys, because I was honestly able to say everything I wanted to say, and I pretty much aired out the dirty laundry. So from that point on, I thought all of that was behind us. ↗

— Latrell Sprewell

#aired #because #behind #better #dirty

Getting an audience is hard. Sustaining an audience is hard. It demands a consistency of thought, of purpose, and of action over a long period of time. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#audience #consistency #demands #getting #hard

I never quite understood these actors - though I envy them sometimes - who can lie out for a year or two. I feel as though time is a real pressing issue, and I want to get as much work done in the time that I have left. ↗

— Sylvester Stallone

#envy #feel #get #i #i feel

Although you have some films that are a real bummer, there's always a film that comes up where it's just heaven. ↗

— Terence Stamp

#always #bummer #comes #film #films

Every thoughtful and kind-hearted person must regard with interest any device or plan which promises to enable at least the more intelligent, enterprising, and determined part of those who are not capitalists to cease to labor for hire. ↗

— Leland Stanford

#capitalists #cease #determined #device #enable