#aid

I'm not running away from the fact that I had previously said I did not contemplate a major increase, and that was a fair statement of the Government's state of mind at the time I made that. ↗

— John Howard

#contemplate #did #fact #fair #government

People could rationally decide that prolonged relationships take up too much time and effort and that they'd much rather do other kinds of things. But most people are afraid of rejection. ↗

— Albert Ellis

#afraid #could #decide #effort #kinds

A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

#having #head #man #paid #them

When I found out I had cancer, I just said one thing: 'I want to hold on to life' and that changed everything for me. ↗

— Scott Thompson

#changed #everything #found #had #hold

When people said Africa would change me, I didn't understand what they meant. To see the poverty in the townships, for instance, is overwhelming. I found it heart-wrenching to see young children walking barefoot and hungry in the dirt. I'm the kind of person who wants to change the world right here and now, so I got frustrated. ↗

— Jennifer Hudson

#barefoot #change #change the world #children #dirt

I am an invisible man. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. ↗

— Ralph Ellison

#because #bone #even #fiber #flesh

Well, Brett was a pretty laid back kid and I think all the pressure was heaped upon my eldest boy, Bobby. ↗

— Bobby Hull

#bobby #boy #brett #eldest #heaped

How ironic, to be my last game that I ever played would be against Dan in a Super Bowl. The thing I always was afraid of was playing in a Super Bowl when it was raining. I can't throw a wet ball. ↗

— John Elway

#against #always #ball #bowl #dan

You know what worries me? Interacting with the kids. I'm afraid that's when my Tourette's will kick in. ↗

— Scott Thompson

#i #interacting #kick #kids #know

A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making continual additions to his stock of knowledge in every century. ↗

— David Hume

#additions #been #beginning #century #continual