#non

I knew exactly what I was, and there was no hang-up with me. None whatsoever. The fact that the pigment of my skin maybe being lighter brown than other people of my race, maybe some of them, but you know our race has all colors. ↗

— Billy Eckstine

#brown #colors #exactly #fact #i

Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than those given to secret agents; of all matters none is more confidential than those relating to secret operations. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#agents #army #close #commander #confidential

Buddhas don't practice nonsense. ↗

— Bodhidharma

#nonsense #practice

In the back of my mind, I can never forget this could be gone tomorrow - and at this point I think the odds are against me... the chances of succeeding in this business are slim to none; there's only a handful of people that have long careers. You have to put in the work, you can never be satisfied, never take it for granted. ↗

— Zac Efron

#back #business #careers #chances #could

Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent. ↗

— Barbara Ehrenreich

#about #ago #brash #career #century

Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends? ↗

— George Eliot

#friends #get #good #into #nonsense

I think we have a fascinating new and quite dominant input into politics - and it wont go away. From time to time, people articulate a view that we should ban opinion polls, but that's nonsense. ↗

— Jim Bolger

#away #ban #dominant #fascinating #from time to time

If Shaw and Einstein couldn't beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none. ↗

— Mel Brooks

#chance #death #einstein #got #i

Look, none of the artists who I admire or respect have ever shied away from a role because it might make them unpopular with somebody. ↗

— Matt Bomer

#artists #away #because #ever #i

We were gradually playing larger venues and in the early days PA systems were kind of non-existent. So to play loud, we had to use louder equipment. The PA systems back then didn't mic the instruments - only the vocals. ↗

— John Entwistle

#days #early #equipment #gradually #had