#abandon

This was the period when I used all the influence I had to get the British to abandon their export trade, and as much as possible convert all of their manufacturing facilities to the immediate needs of the war, including civilian, as well as military requirements. ↗

— W. Averell Harriman

#british #civilian #convert #export #facilities

We just have to be crystal clear that if we were to abandon all the reforms made over some very painful years in the Labour party, we would be consigned back to opposition. ↗

— Patricia Hewitt

#back #clear #crystal #just #labour

I thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestions. However, to my regret, in the following few weeks, he continued to ask me out on several occasions. ↗

— Anita Hill

#ask #continued #employer #explaining #few

To those supporters who were told that I abandoned them, that is untrue. I abandoned greed, corruption, and compromise, never you, and never the artistic gifts and abilities that sustained me. ↗

— Lauryn Hill

#artistic #compromise #corruption #gifts #greed

Over-commercialization and its resulting restrictions and limitations can be very damaging and distorting to the inherent nature of the individual. I did not deliberately abandon my fans, nor did I deliberately abandon any responsibilities. ↗

— Lauryn Hill

#any #damaging #deliberately #did #distorting

I'd paint long strips of canvas and abandon them on the beach, or put bread out in geometric patterns for the pigeons downtown. I wanted people to find something nice and intriguing to puzzle over. Then I'd go back to see if the things were still there, or if anyone would notice. ↗

— Jenny Holzer

#anyone #back #beach #bread #canvas

The repudiation of the primacy of understanding means the repudiation of the norms of judgment as well, and hence the abandonment of all ethical standards. ↗

— Johan Huizinga

#ethical #hence #judgment #means #norms

The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#account #claim #enables #enemy #essence

The road to positivity is strewn with the abandoned vehicles of the faint-hearted. ↗

— Peter McWilliams

#road #strewn #vehicles

Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#favor #given #i #life #longer