#usual

The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

#difficulty #discoveries #established #great #greatest

When religious leaders get involved in elections, it is usually with a reactionary social agenda. ↗

— Elizabeth Joan Smith

#elections #get #involved #leaders #reactionary

But then I go through long periods where I don't listen to things, usually when I'm working. In between the records and in between the writing I suck up books and music and movies and anything I can find. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#between #books #find #go #i

I had a very unusual contract. Most artists actually pay for their record dates and it comes out of their royalties. I paid for nothing. ↗

— Jo Stafford

#artists #comes #contract #dates #had

I'm working 2 days a week right now, narration usually on Wed., and host on camera on Friday. ↗

— Robert Stack

#days #friday #host #i #narration

Control over the use of one's ideas really constitutes control over other people's lives; and it is usually used to make their lives more difficult. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#control #difficult #ideas #lives #make

Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure. ↗

— Sylvester Stallone

#culmination #failure #success #success is #usually

Whether it is the old lady's fear, or the many ghostly traditions of this place, or the crucifix itself, I do not know, but I am not feeling nearly as easy in my mind as usual. ↗

— Bram Stoker

#easy #fear #feeling #ghostly #i

My job is usually to express emotion as freely as possible. ↗

— Meryl Streep

#express #freely #job #possible #usually

People who have seen me read usually come up afterwards and invite me to be a part of something. ↗

— Amber Tamblyn

#come #invite #me #part #people