#tie

A large part of the present anxiety to improve the education of girls and women is also due to the conviction that the political disabilities of women will not be maintained. ↗

— Millicent Fawcett

#anxiety #conviction #disabilities #due #education

It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience. ↗

— Julius Caesar

#die #easier #endure #find #men

You know, the period of World War I and the Roaring Twenties were really just about the same as today. You worked, and you made a living if you could, and you tired to make the best of things. For an actor or a dancer, it was no different then than today. It was a struggle. ↗

— James Cagney

#actor #best #could #dancer #different

Temporary success can be achieved in spite of lack of other fundamental qualities, but no advancements can be maintained without hard work. ↗

— William Feather

#fundamental #hard #hard work #lack #maintained

In the sixties, everyone you knew became famous. My flatmate was Terence Stamp. My barber was Vidal Sassoon. David Hockney did the menu in a restaurant I went to. I didn't know anyone unknown who didn't become famous. ↗

— Michael Caine

#barber #became #become #david #did

I have learnt to be even more patient. ↗

— Roger Federer

#i #learnt #more #patient

I'm impatient. I get twitchy. When I get that feeling I just go out and make something happen. ↗

— John Cale

#get #go #happen #i #impatient

Beware the wrath of a patient adversary. ↗

— John C. Calhoun

#beware #patient #wrath

The catalogue of forms is endless: until every shape has found its city, new cities will continue to be born. When the forms exhaust their variety and come apart, the end of cities begins. ↗

— Italo Calvino

#begins #born #catalogue #cities #city

I blame it on Walt Disney, where animals are given human qualities. People don't understand that a wild animal is not something that is nice to pat. It can seriously harm you. ↗

— James Cameron

#blame #disney #given #harm #human