#amen

The seeded draw came into being. This means that the two best players of the tournament are placed in opposite halves in the draw, and cannot possibly meet until the finals, if they come through successfully against all the rest of the participants. ↗

— Helen Wills Moody

#being #best #came #cannot #come

I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#i #i see #instrument #ornament #rather

I think there is no better way to invite a human being to view their body differently than by inviting them to be an athlete, by revering one's body as an instrument rather than just an ornament. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#being #better #better way #body #differently

He has the finest, fundamentally sound golf swing I've ever seen. ↗

— Jack Nicklaus

#ever #finest #fundamentally #golf #i

The fundamental law of the militia is, that it be created, directed and commanded by the laws, and ever for the support of the laws. ↗

— John Adams

#created #directed #ever #fundamental #law

I didn't grow up with Broadway music. My mother played Perry Como, while I listened to Andy Williams records. Later on it was Cream, Grand Funk Railroad and lots of R&B like the Isley Bros. and Parliament. ↗

— Donny Osmond

#andy #broadway #bros #cream #funk

But The Same Sea is set precisely in this Israel, which never makes it to the news headlines anywhere. It is a novel about everyday people far removed from fundamentalism, fanaticism nationalism, or militancy of any sort. ↗

— Amos Oz

#any #anywhere #everyday #everyday people #fanaticism

What we need is fundamental tax reform. ↗

— Rob Portman

#need #reform #tax #tax reform

Armaments are necessary - or are maintained on the pretext of necessity - because of a real or an imagined danger of war. ↗

— Ludwig Quidde

#because #danger #imagined #maintained #necessary

As however the ancients say that in case of necessity any Christian lay person can administer the sacrament of Baptism, so Luther says the same thing about absolution in case of necessity, where no priest is present. ↗

— Martin Chemnitz

#absolution #administer #any #baptism #case