#lia

Familiarity breeds contempt. ↗

— Aesop

#contempt #familiarity #familiarity breeds

The Communists at that moment were very strong in Italy, and the Italian Communist Party was the biggest Communist Party outside the Soviet Union. ↗

— Giovanni Agnelli

#communist #communist party #communists #italian #italy

Even before I went to the UN, I often would want to say something in a meeting - only woman at the table - and I'd think, 'OK well, I don't think I'll say that. It may sound stupid.' And then some man says it, and everybody thinks it's completely brilliant, and you are so mad at yourself for not saying something. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#brilliant #completely #even #everybody #i

The International Brigades and the British volunteers were, numerically, only a small part of the Republican forces, but nearly all had accepted the need for organization and order in civilian life. ↗

— Bill Alexander

#brigades #british #civilian #forces #had

Michael Ralph brilliantly plays the street prophet, a West Indian who foreshadows the Harlem riot. ↗

— Debbie Allen

#harlem #indian #michael #plays #prophet

I got Jimmy Hall from Wet Willie and he also plays now with Hank Williams Jr. ↗

— Gregg Allman

#got #hall #hank #hank williams #i

He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#asks #else #his #improvement #less

All Marines, sailors and civilian Marines, regardless of sexual orientation, are Marines first. Every Marine is a valued member of our war-fighting team. ↗

— James F. Amos

#every #first #marine #marines #member

It's a real gift to be able to have the works of brilliant, great people to learn from and build from. It gives you so much more to draw on, and then you don't have to be all about three-chord pop songs. I don't really like that kind of writing. ↗

— Regina Spektor

#about #brilliant #build #draw #gift

I was named after my two grandmothers - Julia Elizabeth. ↗

— Julie Andrews

#elizabeth #grandmothers #i #julia #named