#pins

It was easy, terribly easy, to become with time a middle-aged spinster with a sharp tongue. She would have to guard against this. ↗

— Alexander McCall Smith

#middle-age #sharp-tongue #spinster #age

Don't laugh at the spinsters, dear girls, for often very tender, tragic romances are hidden away in the hearts that beat so quietly under the sober gowns, and many silent sacrifices of youth, health, ambition, love itself, make the faded faces beautiful in God's sight. Even the sad, sour sisters should be kindly dealt with, because they have missed the sweetest part of life, if for no other reason. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#women #beauty

I enjoy wearing pins, and nobody tells me to do it. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#i #me #nobody #pins #tells

I have been in meetings where a head of state will say, 'I like your tie,' to a man... or, 'I like your country because the weather's good,' or whatever. So for me, the pins in some ways were openers. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#been #country #good #head #i

Nobody's ever said that pins are a tool of diplomacy. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#ever #nobody #pins #said #tool

Jewelry and pins have been worn throughout history as symbols of power, sending messages. Interestingly enough, it was mostly men who wore the jewelry in various times, and obviously crowns were part of signals that were being sent throughout history by people of rank. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#being #crowns #enough #history #interestingly

I was lucky enough to be the lady that was asked to be Maria in the Sound Of Music, and that film was fortunate enough to be huge hit. The same with Mary Poppins. I got terribly lucky in that respect. ↗

— Julie Andrews

#enough #film #fortunate #got #hit

The real Mary Poppins got lost when Hollywood turned her into a cream puff. ↗

— Anita Diament

#got #her #hollywood #into #lost

I have had heart surgery three times, so I know what it was like to have pins and needles stuck in you. ↗

— Josh Ryan Evans

#heart #i #know #like #needles

You can't do television shows caring whether or not the network picks you up. You can only do them enjoying the work, because if you're always on pins and needles about whether you'll be picked up, you'll lose your mind. I learned that the hard way. ↗

— Jon Cryer

#always #because #caring #enjoying #hard