#were

When we contemplate the heroes of Christianity, and compare our feeble efforts with their astonishing performance and self devotion, we should fall into despair, were there not a few softening features, by which they are brought back to the ranks of humanity. ↗

— John Strachan

#back #brought #christianity #compare #contemplate

In pure literature, the writers of the eighteenth century achieved, indeed, many triumphs; but their great, their peculiar, triumphs were in the domain of thought. ↗

— Lytton Strachey

#century #domain #eighteenth #eighteenth century #great

We are who we're going to be when we're very old, and when we're very old we are who we were when we were 8. ↗

— Meryl Streep

#old #very #were #who

I think the film is beautifully realised. His legacy as a journalist was recorded - as it were - well, and certainly the important issues of the '50s - or even today - are delivered and presented to the audience in a rather honest and objective way. ↗

— David Strathairn

#beautifully #certainly #delivered #even #film

There were a lot of adventure books for boys, historical novels by Kenneth Roberts, and whatever mystery novels the alarmed librarian imagined might not corrupt an eager but innocent youth. ↗

— Peter Straub

#alarmed #books #corrupt #eager #historical

What draws me to the theatre, and what appealed to me about Too Much Light, is that you have no idea what's going to happen. That's the most exciting part of theatre, it's never the same. If it were, it would be like watching a movie. ↗

— Lusia Strus

#appealed #draws #exciting #going #happen

It was a struggle treating Claude Rains as my lover, but we were friendly. It was no great love affair. ↗

— Gloria Stuart

#claude #friendly #great #great love #love

You know, Simon he's an artist representative, but Randy and Paula actually were in the industry as artists so they had, you know, the information that they offered to us from their aspect. ↗

— Ruben Studdard

#artist #artists #aspect #had #industry

I write a story as if it were a letter to someone and essentially, that's what you do. ↗

— Theodore Sturgeon

#i #i write #letter #someone #story

All my life I've taken photographs of people who are completely at peace being what they were in the situations I photographed them in. ↗

— Jock Sturges

#completely #i #life #my life #peace