#affairs

I believe that for the small numbers of Jewish people in the United States, they exercise a tremendous amount of influence on the affairs of government. ↗

— Louis Farrakhan

#amount #believe #exercise #government #i

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#affairs #does #help #practical #religion

Our concept is not that America should operate alone or by itself in world affairs or in military affairs. ↗

— Douglas Feith

#alone #america #concept #itself #military

When people get married because they think it's a long-time love affair, they'll be divorced very soon, because all love affairs end in disappointment. But marriage is a recognition of a spiritual identity. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

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An interim government was set up in Afghanistan. It included two women, one of whom was Minister of Women's Affairs. Man, who'd she have to show here ankles to to get that job? ↗

— Tina Fey

#afghanistan #ankles #get #government #here

There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation. ↗

— W. C. Fields

#bull #comes #face #man #must

Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed. ↗

— Francesco Guicciardini

#depend #many #rarely #succeed

The capacity for people to kid themselves is huge. Living on illusions or delusions, and the re-establishing of these illusions or delusions requires a big effort to keep them from being seen through. But a very old idea is at work behind our current state of affairs: enantiodromia, or the Greek notion of things turning into their opposite. ↗

— James Hillman

#behind #being #big #capacity #current

It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men. ↗

— Thucydides

#brilliant #charge #expect #frequently #men

I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs. ↗

— Sophie Ellis Bextor

#career #handle #i #long #music