#victor

(Hadley and Mary in the carriage) “Might I repeat how utterly charming you look?” “You are very kind,” she replied, down casting her eyes as a flash of heat invaded her cheeks. “But even if I were dressed in the finest of gowns, I could never be a lady of fashion.” “Never let that disturb you, my pet.” He fingered a mass of curls that had settled over her shoulder just above the expanse of her modestly covered bosom. “I find fashion and beauty are rarely synonymous.” When he caressed a stray lock between thumb and fore!nger and raised it to his lips, Mary felt the dizzying sensation from the roots of her hair to the tips of her toes. ↗

— Victoria Vane

#victoria-vane #beauty

And that is the reason why this victory is great, because different players have made contributions to the win. ↗

— Sachin Tendulkar

#contributions #different #different players #great #made

Victory must be assured in advance. And the American public must be all for it from the outset. ↗

— Evan Thomas

#american #american public #assured #must #outset

I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so. ↗

— Victor Borge

#funny #humor #humorous #requests #victor

It is difficult to say today whether the Battle of Kosovo was a defeat or a victory for the Serbian people, whether thanks to it we fell into slavery or we survived in this slavery. ↗

— Slobodan Milosevic

#defeat #difficult #fell #into #kosovo

The success of the Allies in the west was in a measure offset by Teutonic victories in the east. When the invasion of Belgium began, Russia made immediate efforts to counteract by invasion of East Prussia. ↗

— Kelly Miller

#began #belgium #counteract #east #efforts

Wars of aggression are popular nowadays with those nations convinced that only victory and conquest could improve their material well-being. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

#conquest #convinced #could #improve #material

Playing with friends is a victory. ↗

— Fuzzy Zoeller

#playing #victory

You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat. Losing after great striving is the story of man, who was born to sorrow, whose sweetest songs tell of saddest thought, and who, if he is a hero, does nothing in life as becomingly as leaving it. ↗

— Roger Kahn

#defeat #victory #life

Writers have told me more than once that I'm a better interview in defeat than in victory, which is a compliment I am extremely proud of. ↗

— Jack Nicklaus

#better #compliment #defeat #extremely #i