#taken

We don't really make bad records, though some people might like some more than others. And we have never really done a bad show. So I think in a way maybe we've been taken for granted. ↗

— Tom Petty

#been #done #granted #i #i think

Households, cities, countries, and nations have enjoyed great happiness when a single individual has taken heed of the Good and Beautiful. Such people not only liberate themselves; they fill those they meet with a free mind. ↗

— Philo

#cities #countries #enjoyed #fill #free

What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#become #begin #boy #child #childhood

I do tend to take time off. A year and a half ago I went to film school, and before that I had taken years off at a time to be involved politically or this or that. ↗

— Sarah Polley

#before #film #film school #had #half

We are making the fundamental changes. It was like the decent housing target. We said by 2010, we'd have taken a million houses and refurbished them into decent housing. ↗

— John Prescott

#decent #fundamental #houses #housing #into

I think I've failed every test I've ever taken. If there was a failure I would have been it. ↗

— Lisa Marie Presley

#ever #every #failed #failure #i

I am going to miss that time when you take that corner better than anybody else could have taken it on that lap or you do that great qualifying lap or you make that great pass or you bring a crippled car home. ↗

— Bobby Rahal

#anybody #better #bring #car #corner

Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities. ↗

— Lord Dunsany

#effect #large #like #logic #loses

But, you know, it's still a drag to get your picture taken when you're eating a sandwich. It's a downer. ↗

— Keanu Reeves

#drag #eating #get #know #picture

Lead singers not only do the majority of the work, but their personalities are singled out and taken as the general attitude of the unit. ↗

— Martha Reeves

#general #lead #majority #only #out