#viv

I had no accomplishments except surviving. But that isn't enough in the community where I came from, because everybody was doing it. So I wasn't prepared for America, where everybody is glowing with good teeth and good clothes and food. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#america #because #came #clothes #community

That moment was very important because it was political. That's what has to be done, so they struck a deal. She figures his is a well-thought-out motivation that she felt was worthy trade-off. The motivation here is survival, and she has to think like a leader. ↗

— Mary McDonnell

#deal #done #felt #figures #here

I got Sonny up to Harlem, and we started street playin' in New York. We did that for three or four years and survived. We brought it back to the streets again. ↗

— Brownie McGhee

#back #brought #did #four #got

TV's hard work. I don't know how the hell Angela Lansbury survived doing 'Murder, She Wrote' all those years. And sure, everyone wants to be Bruce Willis or George Clooney - they want to be in film for the range of characters you get to play. ↗

— Christopher Meloni

#bruce #characters #clooney #doing #everyone

The more we exploit nature, The more our options are reduced, until we have only one: to fight for survival. ↗

— Mo Udall

#fight #more #nature #only #options

I'm surprised that I've survived my own dysfunction, really. ↗

— George Michael

#i #my own #own #really #surprised

Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon... must inevitably come to pass! ↗

— Paul J. Meyer

#ardently #believe #come #desire #enthusiastically

If human beings are to survive in a nuclear age, committing acts of violence may eventually have to become as embarrassing as urinating or defecating in public are today. ↗

— Myriam Miedzian

#age #become #beings #committing #embarrassing

I've always been able to survive by writing, though. ↗

— John Milius

#always #been #i #survive #though

Everything that's going on within the peloton - there's about ten different races going on. There is also a survival element to it - I love the fact that it's so epic. You crash on a bike, the first thing you do is try and get back up on it. No whinging! ↗

— David Millar

#also #back #back up #bike #crash