It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; . . . who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.

---

No barrier was strong enough to keep out the movement of time.

---

A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult. -- Melinda Gates

---

The actual business of writing dialogue is not thought of as a craft. - David Hare

---

Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent People Ignore.

---

the difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will and the other from a strong won't ― Henry Ward Beecher

---

Truth is strong, and sometime or other will prevail. - Mary Astell

---

Taxes are the source of life for the bureaucracy, the army and the court, in short, for the whole apparatus of the executive power. Strong government and heavy taxes are identical.

---

Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.

---

In those days, the early 1980s, TV and film were interchangeable. - David Hare

---