#ado

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#dream #merely #shadow #substance #very

My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play the piano, badly, and cello. My brother Peter played violin. ↗

— Fiona Shaw

#badly #bassist #brother #cello #double

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#adore #adoring #go #i #me

We wanted to see this country win the war just as much as those advisors did. We felt we would help to do that by reporting the truth. And so there was the moral outrage over this general and the ambassador in Saigon who kept denying the truth we would see. ↗

— Neil Sheehan

#country #denying #did #felt #general

It is a paradox that as we reach out prime, we also see there is a place where it finishes. ↗

— Gail Sheehy

#finishes #out #paradox #place #prime

Tragedy delights by affording a shadow of the pleasure which exists in pain. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#delights #exists #pain #pleasure #shadow

With the adoption of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, the international community sent out a clear message that gender based violence will not be tolerated. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#against #based #clear #clear message #community

Being the youngest of five, you're adored, you're fueled with confidence. ↗

— Martin Short

#being #confidence #five #fueled #you

If I have kids, I'll adopt. ↗

— Sarah Silverman

#i #kids

I adore life but I don't fear death. I just prefer to die as late as possible. ↗

— Georges Simenon

#death #die #fear #i #just