#aught

The two most common charges against the older fiction, that it pleased wickedly and that it taught nothing, had broken down before the discovery, except in illiberal sects, that the novel is fitted both for honest use and for pleasure. ↗

— Carl Clinton Van Doren

#before #both #broken #charges #common

Don't get small units caught in between the forces of history. ↗

— John W. Vessey, Jr.

#caught #forces #get #history #small

I have a 13-year-old daughter who rents these bloody horror movies, and I can't even walk into the room when she's watching them with her friends. ↗

— Brad Dourif

#daughter #even #friends #her #horror

I've had 60 years of ups and downs, and all of the downs that I've had, I'm happy that I've had them because it's taught me to appreciate all the ups. ↗

— Patti LaBelle

#because #downs #had #happy #i

When I see daughters with their fathers I wonder what that would be like, although not in a way that immobilises me. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#daughters #fathers #i #i see #i wonder

I taught myself how to play guitar - pretty badly, but I knew enough about music to start to figure it out. ↗

— Minnie Driver

#badly #enough #figure #guitar #how

My performances have finally caught up with my ego. ↗

— Ato Boldon

#ego #finally #performances #up

Music makes us want to live. You don't know how many times people have told me that they'd been down and depressed and just wanted to die. But then a special song caught their ear and that helped give them renewed strength. That's the power music has. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#caught #depressed #die #down #ear

Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will. ↗

— Ron Blomberg

#else #give #i #me #percent

Many of America's and New York's sons and daughters are around the world fighting for the freedoms that the Statue of Liberty stands for. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#around #daughters #fighting #freedoms #liberty