#yea

At the beginning, Lincoln was so inexperienced he had reverence for military expertise, not realizing that there wasn't any military expertise, that the most anybody had commanded up to that point had been somebody, some troops in the Mexican War, and it had been years ago. ↗

— David Herbert Donald

#any #anybody #been #beginning #commanded

I don't know many people, if any, who have had some straight line toward success. I mean, they start here, they work hard, they've got what it takes, and they just go straight to the top over some number of years. Most people get a little failure. ↗

— Sam Donaldson

#failure #get #go #got #had

Within the first year of launching my company, Spanx, I decided to go over to England and cold-call Harrods, Harvey Nichols, and Selfridges the same way I had cold-called Neiman Marcus, Saks, Nordstrom, and Bloomingdale's here in the United States. ↗

— Sara Blakely

#decided #england #first #go #had

There was no theater program or anything where I'm from. So junior year in high school I started the theater program. ↗

— Jeffrey Donovan

#high #high school #i #junior #junior year

I'd love to star in a television series of my own. I love the idea of living with a character for a number of years, watching him grow. ↗

— Michael Dorn

#grow #him #i #i love #idea

We need to go back to the way it was 30 years ago, when everybody had Grandma and Grandpa, and we were willing to pass moral judgments about right and wrong. ↗

— Steven Tyler

#ago #back #everybody #go #grandma

It took me several years to figure out who I am and a few more to accept what I discovered. Now, I'm in the enjoyment stage of that process and it's a happy place. ↗

— Jolene Blalock

#am #discovered #enjoyment #few #figure

I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

#answer #i #legs #prayed #received

For years, I had heard about the lack of interest in literature in the U.S. and I had complained about it. I failed to understand how people could fail to be moved by art. ↗

— Rita Dove

#art #complained #could #fail #failed

What is ironic is that Allen Ginsberg's importance was in its twilight for so many years that it took his death to bring it to the front page. He electrified an entire world! ↗

— Rita Dove

#bring #death #electrified #entire #entire world