#be

Nevertheless, this one fact should be apparent: turning the other cheek is a bribe. It is a valid form of action for only so long as the Christian is impotent politically or militarily. ↗

— Gary North

#apparent #bribe #cheek #christian #fact

Men may be popular without being ambitious, but there is hardly an ambitious man who does not try to be popular. ↗

— Lord North

#being #does #hardly #man #may

In my first book, Under Fire, I wrote that I revered Ronald Reagan. That was a dozen years ago. I still feel that way. I think he changed the world for the better for my children and my children's children. ↗

— Oliver North

#better #book #changed #children #dozen

I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one. ↗

— Oliver North

#america #been #ever #haven #i

Shep: "You have to overlook his demons. It's the only way he'll know." Abby: "Know what?" Shep: "If you'll climb over the wall. ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#travis-maddox #beauty

The lonely become either thoughtful or empty. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#either #empty #lonely #thoughtful

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#early #failures #few #greatest #life

I never want to sort of put all the cards on the table all at once, because that's somehow there's always a journey to go on. There's always something to be revealed, in my mind, about characters. ↗

— Jeremy Northam

#always #because #cards #characters #go

I think one probably absorbs things like a sponge and things emerge without your always being aware of it. ↗

— Jeremy Northam

#aware #being #emerge #i #i think

I was born in 1961. Now I think the 16 years that elapsed between 1961 and the end of the wars is nothing. To a child growing up it felt like an eternity, an entirely different world. ↗

— Jeremy Northam

#born #child #different #different world #elapsed