#wards

Women are from their very infancy debarred those Advantages with the want of which they are afterwards reproached. ↗

— Mary Astell

#afterwards #debarred #infancy #their #those

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of. ↗

— Jane Austen

#dies #disposed #either #human #human nature

I went backwards and forwards over it until I was 22. And then in the past few years I began to say to myself, OK, look, I'm not messing around. This is something I want to attack, instead of thinking, I'll just see what happens with it. ↗

— Christian Bale

#attack #backwards #began #few #forwards

Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him. ↗

— James Allen

#alters #find #him #his #life

Women want to drive and they are taking actual steps towards that. ↗

— Manal al-Sharif

#drive #steps #taking #towards #want

Now, there are so many movies, so many festivals, and so many awards going on, each judged with each other, like your work is worse than others and that's not fair. How can you tell what's best and what's worst from these awards? We're talking about art. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#art #awards #best #each #fair

Now the first step has to be taken, the step towards democracy. This step is full of risks, and requires trust on all sides. We don't know where it will lead. But if we just stand still, we will have no chance of escaping the violence. ↗

— Daniel Barenboim

#democracy #escaping #first #first step #full

What I am suggesting is hard work and it can be slow work, but the rewards are well worth it. ↗

— Jesse Helms

#hard #hard work #i #i am #rewards

I gravitate towards happy music. I love the Beach Boys. ↗

— Zooey Deschanel

#beach boys #gravitate #happy #happy music #i

Human beings want to be free and however long they may agree to stay locked up, to stay oppressed, there will come a time when they say 'That's it.' Suddenly they find themselves doing something that they never would have thought they would be doing, simply because of the human instinct that makes them turn their face towards freedom. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#because #beings #come #doing #face