#seemed

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#destined #failure #many #out #people

And when I was saying I want to become number one of the world and I was 7, 8 years old, most of the people were laughing to me. Because you know, it seemed like I have one percent chances to do that. And I've done it. ↗

— Novak Djokovic

#become #chances #done #i #know

Well, you know, I mean, I first did my live shows in the late 70's and in those days I had a boatload of equipment that always seemed to be going wrong. ↗

— Thomas Dolby

#boatload #days #did #equipment #first

I was 35 years old and in a position to take a shot at whatever I wanted to try. The Air Force said I was too old to fly fighter jets. I thought about becoming a fishing boat captain, before deciding that acting seemed pretty cool. ↗

— Jerry Doyle

#acting #air #air force #becoming #before

Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker seemed so sophisticated and bad. I wanted to be like that. ↗

— Carla Bley

#baker #chet #gerry #i #like

The poets whom I knew then were all men and all seemed dauntingly sure of themselves - although I am sure that really they were as uncertain as I was. ↗

— Helen Dunmore

#am #i #i am #knew #men

For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#deserted #favour #god #goodness #i

People in the world can never imagine the length of days to those in asylums. They seemed never ending, and we welcomed any event that might give us something to think about as well as talk of. ↗

— Nellie Bly

#any #asylums #days #ending #event

I was surprised that the TV series was popular itself, but after that it went on to become more popular over the years and thus it seemed eventually that they would turn it into a movie. ↗

— Paul M. Glaser

#become #eventually #i #into #itself

I went into acting because I'm easily bored. Acting seemed to give vent to a lot of different feelings. ↗

— Chad Everett

#because #bored #different #easily #feelings