#ale

To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity. ↗

— Jose Marti

#attend #busy #difficult #dignity #futile

The sum and substance of female education in America, as in England, is training women to consider marriage as the sole object in life, and to pretend that they do not think so. ↗

— Harriet Martineau

#consider #education #england #female #life

Al Gonzales is a dedicated public servant and exceptionally qualified to be our nation's next Attorney General. I know that a lot has been said about Judge Gonzales' life story. It is a story of the fulfillment of the American Dream. ↗

— Mel Martinez

#al #american #american dream #attorney #attorney general

As the first Hispanic female governor in history, little girls often come up to me in the grocery store or the mall. They look and point, and when they get the courage, they ask 'Are you Susana?' and they run up and give me a hug. ↗

— Susana Martinez

#come #courage #female #first #get

Social progress can be measured by the social position of the female sex. ↗

— Karl Marx

#measured #position #progress #sex #social

There are so many people, deaf or otherwise abled, who are so talented but overlooked or not given a chance to even get their foot in the door. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#deaf #door #even #foot #get

Well, the right-wing policy with regard to Israel - the people who don't want to deal with Arafat, who don't want a Palestinian state - the whole sort of right-wing view is consistent with the view toward Iraq. It's the same policy and the same people. ↗

— Chris Matthews

#consistent #deal #iraq #israel #palestinian

The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom. ↗

— Guy de Maupassant

#bottoms #cosmic #essence #female #life

But I'm acutely aware that the possibility of fraud is even more prevalent in today's world because of the Internet and cell phones and the opportunity for instant communication with strangers. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#acutely #aware #because #cell #cell phones

Sporting goods sales have suffered because Americans have become too sedentary. ↗

— Mike May

#become #goods #sales #sedentary #suffered