#aged

Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield. ↗

— St. Jerome

#battlefield #being #dead #dying #engaged

The battle was first waged over the right of the Negro to be classed as a human being with a soul; later, as to whether he had sufficient intellect to master even the rudiments of learning; and today it is being fought out over his social recognition. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

#being #classed #even #first #fought

The truth is I love being alive. And I love feeling free. So if I can't have those things then I feel like a caged animal and I'd rather not be in a cage. I'd rather be dead. And it's real simple. And I think it's not that uncommon. ↗

— Angelina Jolie

#animal #being #cage #caged #dead

We damaged all the big guns we could, and carried away the powder and the lead. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#big #carried #could #damaged #guns

I find Jessica Jones a much more interesting character to write for than Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman is so noble and heroic, and I don't find that as interesting as one who's really damaged and flawed and has post-traumatic stress disorder. ↗

— Melissa Rosenberg

#damaged #disorder #find #flawed #heroic

Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged by, and is necessary for, civilization. ↗

— Arthur Keith

#condition #encouraged #held #mind #necessary

I grew up in a household where reading was encouraged. My mother believed in the power of words, and my father obviously did too. ↗

— Caroline Kennedy

#did #encouraged #father #grew #household

John and I were lucky because our mother was a strong woman with high expectations and a strong sense of values. She encouraged us to pursue things we were interested in and not think about what other people wanted us to do. ↗

— Caroline Kennedy

#because #encouraged #expectations #high #high expectations

The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#courage #dramatic #final #less #magnificent

There are some scary statistics out there: one in five kids aged 10-17 have received a sexual solicitation or approach via the Internet. ↗

— Mark Kennedy

#approach #five #internet #kids #out