#earl

Nearly' only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#failure #luck #near-hits #near-misses #nearly

You chose to come to Paris, of all places,” Mencheres replied. So what? Got something against the French? ↗

— Jeaniene Frost

#destined #early #grave #mencheres #paris

and you come away with a great little story of a mess of a dreamer with the nerve to adore you ↗

— Taylor Swift

#fearless #taylor-swift #fearless

Nothing is more terrifying than fearlessness. ↗

— Cornelia Funke

#fearlessness #fearless

Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#strength #fearless

You don't have to be fast. But you'd better be fearless. ↗

— Christopher McDougall

#fearless

Speak what you think today in hard words and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#honesty #speaking-your-mind #fearless

With nearly 20 days until Iraq emerges as a free sovereign state for the first time in more than three decades, terrorists have increasingly targeted our country's infrastructure. ↗

— Iyad Allawi

#days #decades #emerges #first #first time

I progressed through so many different styles of music through my teen years, both as a player and a vocalist, particularly the jazz and pop of the early 20th Century. ↗

— Jeff Healey

#both #century #different #different styles #early

Parents - especially step-parents - are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years. ↗

— Anthony Powell

#children #disappointment #early #especially #fulfill