Todrick Hall

I think there are a lot of people who are afraid to be who they are, and if I have to sacrifice a little bit of fame and a little bit of success because I'm being 100 percent truthful with who I am, hopefully that will create a paved way for someone else.

American Musician

Maren Morris

I've paved this road myself, and no one else has walked it the same exact way that I have. There are people that helped kick the door in, but it's really satisfying to be in a place where you know who you are and you've figured yourself out.

Lee Isaac Chung

I just hope that in some ways, 'Minari' can pave the way for other filmmakers, other actors, other projects that maybe don't fit within traditional boxes - if it helps those films get made in the future, I'd be so thrilled.

American Director

Nikki Reed

I think for women especially, writing and creating your own role, producing, directing - having some control over what you do is really important. We can pave the way for other women to send what messages they want sent.

American Actress

Donella Meadows

We know it is impossible to go on finding, moving and wasting oil, leveling forests, paving land, dumping poisons, and multiplying our numbers. A new way of life, a new set of thoughts must be found.

American Environmentalist

Dominik Garcia-Lorido

I was very protected growing up. My dad was very strict with me. I was the oldest of four kids, and there are three girls. So I kind of paved the way of what it was like to raise a teenage daughter.

Kylie Bax

Kiwis must not fall behind the standards of other countries. We pride ourselves on our quality of life. Thus we must pave the road in the right way for the future generations.

New Zealander Model

Drew Barrymore

I don't know anybody's road who's been paved perfectly for them, there are no manuals, you don't know what life has in store for you.

Valentin Chmerkovskiy

I love and appreciate and respect my father. He has paved an incredible way for me, and I want to do the same for others.

Ukrainian Dancer

Playboi Carti

I'm the type of guy that always respect the older rappers who paved the way for us to get here.

Use 'pave' when talking about preparing and constructing surfaces like roads and walkways.

Construction Context

'Pave' usually means using hard materials, not just any covering like grass or dirt.

Material Specific

Sometimes 'pave' is used metaphorically to mean making something better or improving it.

Metaphorical Use

When saying 'pave the way,' it means you are making future events or actions easier to occur.

Easing Progress

Use 'pave the way' when referring to initial actions that enable future developments, not actual road construction.

Figurative Expression

Remember that 'pave the way for' is an idiomatic expression and should not be used in a literal context.

Not Literal

 regardless of reference frame, while both time and space were relative to the observer. It took Einstein only a few weeks to work out the details and formulate what came to be known as special relativity. The theory not only shattered our previous understanding of reality but would also pave the way for technologies,

Einstein's miracle year...

 they value are paved roads and clean water and the things that they're valuing over our unpaved roads and water that might make you sick so that's a value judgment I'm comfortable with but this definition is an important reminder that it is a value judgment

What is international...

 This massive scale and growing populous necessitated advancements in Roman engineering. Aqueducts were constructed, which increased the public's access to water, helped improve public health, and paved the way for Rome's famed bath houses.

Ancient Rome 101 PIPE...

 Definitely more expensive. So that's potentially absolutely disruptive technology, and, I guess, paves the way for your dream to actually take, at some point, to take humanity to Mars at scale. You'd like to see a colony on Mars.

The mind behind Tesla,...

 Since her heroic sacrifice, Noor has been honoured as a hero who waged secret battles behind enemy lines– paving the way for freedom without ever taking a life.

From pacifist to spy:...

 The pain of a cancer diagnosis can be devastating, but advancements in these non-invasive procedures are paving a pathway for a more gentle cure.

Performing brain surgery...

 There's an organism that changed the world. It caused both the first mass extinction in Earth's history and also paved the way for complex life.

How a single-celled...

 Her own path was paved by the death of another, and her life could be taken just as easily for something as simple as a flame going out.

Who were the Vestal...

 -- start, two, one, booster ignition, and liftoff of the space shuttle Discovery, returning to the space station, paving the way

What I learned from...

 this courageous explorer has paved the way for the others