#led

The present is an age of talkers, and not doers; and the reason is, that the world is growing old. We are so far advanced in the Arts and Sciences, that we live in retrospect, and doat on past achievements. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#history-of-mankind #humanity #knowledge #age

They made me use an accent, which I wasn't thrilled about because a lot of us, obviously, don't have them. ↗

— Rita Moreno

#accent #because #i #lot #made

I definitely acknowledge that 'The Matrix' and Trinity had an influence on female action-oriented characters in television and in film. I think it's awesome. ↗

— Carrie-Anne Moss

#awesome #characters #definitely #female #film

When you have that window of opportunity called a crisis, move as quickly as you can, get as much done as you can. There's a momentum for change that's very compelling. ↗

— Anne M. Mulcahy

#change #compelling #crisis #done #get

Everybody always talks about the pressure of playing at Wimbledon, how tough it is, but the people watching make it so much easier to play. ↗

— Andy Murray

#always #easier #everybody #how #make

My friend told me I went over to this guy and he pulled a knife. ↗

— Matt Nagle

#guy #i #knife #me #my friend

Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave when they think that their children are naive. ↗

— Ogden Nash

#naive #oh #parents #tangled #their

In course of time the Brothers Cowper removed the manufacture of their printing machines from London, to Manchester. There they found skilled and energetic workmen, ready to carry their plans into effect. ↗

— James Nasmyth

#carry #course #effect #energetic #found

For centuries we have been living in the society where not laws but people ruled, where there was no legal state. ↗

— Nursultan Nazarbayev

#centuries #laws #legal #living #people

It has been difficult to hold onto many paintings but I have retained a few. Possibly the current favorite is titled 'Big Band' completed in 2005. It measures 13 feet x 9 feet. It has 18 nearly life size recognizable portraits of the biggest jazz stars that I knew and saw perform in the 1950s, '60s, '70s, '80s and includes Wynton Marsalis. ↗

— LeRoy Neiman

#been #big #big band #biggest #completed