#surrounded

When a nation is surrounded by weaponized nations, she has to equip herself. ↗

— Abdul Kalam

#herself #nation #nations #she #surrounded

It is my goal to learn as much about the people I'm surrounded by. I am slowly widening who I am close with, and at the same time, growing further away from others. ↗

— Josh Schwartz

#am #away #close #further #goal

I'm fortunate I have this coterie of musicians around me to help take music to next level. Being surrounded by so much creative energy, so many creative people really feeds that creativity in me. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

#being #creative #creative energy #creative people #creativity

They were involved in a firefight and felt they were surrounded. Whether they escaped from that and were fleeing and went in the wrong direction, we don't know. ↗

— Hugh Shelton

#escaped #felt #fleeing #involved #know

I learned that surrounding myself with people who are able to help me is like being surrounded by tangible godliness. ↗

— Jada Pinkett Smith

#being #godliness #help #i #learned

It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger. ↗

— Kate Adie

#armed #contrary #danger #escort #even

You know, my family is very musical, I was surrounded by it. And from four years old I was the one that asked my mother could I take piano lessons. ↗

— John Legend

#could #family #four #i #know

One of the things that's influenced me musically was my experience at Brown University. I was surrounded by musicians that I really admired, and felt challenged to come up with music, lyrics, and recordings that stood up to the expectations of those musicians and myself. ↗

— Lisa Loeb

#brown #challenged #come #expectations #experience

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it. ↗

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

#could #i #life #live #mind

I was on my own at Wellesley, surrounded by a lot of young women who were motivated and intellectually curious. I started to read because I was required to do so for class, but I soon found myself enjoying the seclusion of the library. I came to see reading as an important way to learn about people, including myself. ↗

— Elisabeth Shue

#because #came #class #curious #enjoying