#lifelong

To do justice to a lifelong dream of being a writer, I must give it the intense concentration and focus I gave to track. To do both with excellence is not possible. It is with a sense of sadness and joyous anticipation that I leave track and move on. ↗

— Florence Griffith Joyner

#being #both #concentration #dream #excellence

Be patient and calm; no one can catch fish in anger. ↗

— Herbert Hoover

#anger

Usually, you don't really end up lifelong buddies with your co-stars. ↗

— Lea Thompson

#end #lifelong #really #up #usually

It is horrible to say, but I was stigmatized by being a bridal designer for a long time. I am amazed I have been able to move beyond it. I had really all but given up trying, but I did it because it was my lifelong dream. ↗

— Vera Wang

#am #amazed #because #been #being

Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#lifelong-learning #intellect

I'm not in the leftist controlled Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because of my political views, primarily my lifelong militant support of the NRA, the Second Amendment, and my belief that the only good bad guy is a dead bad guy. ↗

— Ted Nugent

#bad #bad guy #because #belief #controlled

I come here tonight as a sister, blessed with a brother who is my mentor, my protector and my lifelong friend. And I come here as a wife who loves my husband and believes he will be an extraordinary president. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#blessed #brother #come #extraordinary #friend

It's funny: I'm a lifelong musician, but because I principally play the piano it's been a solitary thing. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#been #funny #i #lifelong #musician

An inborn tendency toward science turning it into a lifelong commitment. ↗

— Bruno Rossi

#inborn #into #lifelong #science #tendency

Its all about finding the right note at the right place and knowing when to leave well enough alone. And that's a lifelong quest. ↗

— David Sanborn

#alone #enough #finding #knowing #leave