#were

Were I to flatter myself with the possibility of success in such combat, it would indeed be presumption. ↗

— Anne Seward

#flatter #i #indeed #myself #possibility

Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born. ↗

— Fiona Shaw

#born #decade #every #generation #obsessed

If Roosevelt were alive today, he'd turn over in his grave. ↗

— Samuel Goldwyn

#grave #his #over #roosevelt #today

Our great American writers were all newspaper people. ↗

— John Gould

#american writers #great #great american #newspaper #our

There arose a belief in style - and in banality. Banality encompassed politics, too, because it was a common belief that politics were not worthy of art. ↗

— Douglas Sirk

#art #banality #because #belief #common

If the Spray discovered no continents on her voyage, it may be that there were no more continents to be discovered. She did not seek new worlds, or sail to pow-wow about the dangers of the sea. ↗

— Joshua Slocum

#continents #dangers #did #discovered #her

There were no competitions on television. The first skating competition I ever remember seeing on television was the 1968 Olympics when Peggy Fleming won. ↗

— Dorothy Hamill

#competitions #ever #first #fleming #i

At the last Celebration I spoke before an auditorium full of people and I could just feel the affection and the positive feelings that they were exuding. It was actually moving. I remember thinking, 'I'm not worthy,' because 'Star Wars' is so much bigger than all of us. ↗

— Mark Hamill

#affection #auditorium #because #before #bigger

When we were making the movie, winning awards for it wasn't the point at all. We didn't even have an American distributor. ↗

— Michel Hazanavicius

#awards #distributor #even #making #movie

As we were leaving the Huron camp, it was awkward filming. I think that the Huron watching us was there to create tension - maybe we wouldn't get out. Nothing complicated. ↗

— Madeleine Stowe

#camp #complicated #create #filming #get