#after

Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through. It's a losing game, but we keep on trying. ↗

— Joseph Wood Krutch

#any #begins #ceases #euphemism #game

To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#back #boring #dog #doing #eden

Yugoslavia was a kind of superpower. Great movies. Beautiful novels. Great rock-and-roll. We became a superpower in basketball. The problem is that people needed to identify more strongly with it after Tito and his awful, tricky way of leading the country. ↗

— Emir Kusturica

#awful #basketball #beautiful #became #country

While many ethnic and religious groups are mainly focused on the afterlife and downplaying this world, Jews view wealth and success as a blessing and gift from God. ↗

— H.W. Charles

#downplaying-this-world #jewish-wealth #money #religion #wealth

I always thought after 2002 that I'd hang up my skates and turn professional and just go on tour and do shows. But I don't know when it is enough. I mean, I still enjoy it. I'm the luckiest girl alive that I get to perform in front of thousands of people, do what I love doing. ↗

— Michelle Kwan

#alive #always #doing #enjoy #enough

There's a lot of emotions that always come out after a skate of a lifetime. I always start crying because there is so much buildup to that competition. ↗

— Michelle Kwan

#always #because #come #competition #crying

After the 1954 Geneva international conference, Vietnam was divided into two parts. On paper, North and South Vietnam were twin countries born at the same moment. ↗

— Nguyen Cao Ky

#born #conference #countries #divided #geneva

After all it was my father who founded the Burmese army and I do have a sense of warmth towards the Burmese army. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#army #father #founded #i #i do

I only used a cell phone for the first time after I was released. I had difficulty coping with it because it seemed so small and insubstantial. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#because #cell #cell phone #coping #difficulty

I keep showing decade after decade that I am a real performer. ↗

— Patti LaBelle

#am #decade #i #i am #keep