#viv

I might be small and afraid, I might be sad and embarrassed, I might have cried once or twice; but I am not weak. Until I give up, I am strong. And if there is one thing I can promise, I will never give up. ↗

— Céline

#strength #struggle #survival #inspirational

Survivors can't always choose their methods. ↗

— Patricia Briggs

#survivors #inspirational

You know, I once read an interesting book which said that, uh, most people lost in the wilds, they, they die of shame. Yeah, see, they die of shame. 'What did I do wrong? How could I have gotten myself into this?' And so they sit there and they... die. Because they didn't do the one thing that would save their lives. Thinking. ↗

— David Mamet

#shame #survival #inspirational

Only the paranoid survive. ↗

— Andy Grove

#paranoid #survive

I think I've revived the costume-jewelry industry. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#i think #industry #revived #think

A single three-bladed fan turned slowly in the centre of the ceiling, barely disturbing the scorching air which filled the small prefabricated hut like an oven... ↗

— Kevin Cowdall

#kevin-cowdall #north-africa-campaign #world-war-two #men

If only Vivien Leigh had stayed in England, that part would have been mine. ↗

— Joan Bennett

#england #had #leigh #mine #only

Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have understood that a nation's support of its arts is a matter of both national pride and cultural survival? ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#austria #both #countries #cultural #france

America has survived and grown stronger through September 11th and subsequent wars with Afghanistan and Iraq and those who seek to do us harm. We have faced - and met - tremendous challenges ramping up a public health and safety system to protect Americans from future threats. ↗

— Christopher Bond

#america #challenges #faced #future #grown

Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply. ↗

— Norman Borlaug

#adequate #civilization #could #evolved #food supply