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I grew up in a family that was multifaceted, sexually oriented, and pretty much open to everything. And because I was working, my friends were all adults. I had a tough time going to different schools because people knew me from films and I was the fat child who got beaten up every day. ↗

— Drew Barrymore

#because #child #day #different #different schools

Fundamentally I feel that there is as much difference between the stage and the films as between a piano and a violin. Normally you can't become a virtuoso in both. ↗

— Ethel Barrymore

#between #both #difference #feel #films

When archaeologists discover the missing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves. ↗

— John Barrymore

#arms #boxing #discover #find #gloves

All sciences are vain and full of errors that are not born of Experience, the mother of all Knowledge. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#maxims #philosophy #science #experience

Pension reforms, like investment advice and automatic enrollment, will strengthen the ability of Americans to save and invest for retirement. ↗

— Steve Bartlett

#advice #automatic #enrollment #invest #investment

It would do the world good if every man would compel himself occasionally to be absolutely alone. Most of the world s progress has come out of such loneliness. ↗

— Bruce Barton

#alone #come #compel #every #every man

What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage. ↗

— Bruce Barton

#curious #die #free #get #individual

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance. ↗

— Bruce Barton

#been #believe #circumstance #dared #ever

I would not say I chose to write long poems on a conscious level. The long poem has been a relative constant. ↗

— John Barton

#chose #conscious #constant #i #level

To me many short poems read and write like beginnings that simply whet my appetite; I want to get over that. ↗

— John Barton

#beginnings #get #i #like #many