#boon

I think bolstering free trade is a boon to the dollar. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

#dollar #free #free trade #i #i think

The advent of DVD/Blu-ray reissues of classic Hollywood and foreign films has been a boon to film buffs, who can now study their favorites in all their glistening detail and restored palettes. ↗

— James Wolcott

#been #boon #classic #detail #dvd

There is in every American, I think, something of the old Daniel Boone - who, when he could see the smoke from another chimney, felt himself too crowded and moved further out into the wilderness. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

#another #boone #chimney #could #crowded

Dear Lord; we beg but one boon more: Peace in the hearts of all men living, peace in the whole world this Thanksgiving. ↗

— Joseph Auslander

#beg #boon #dear #hearts #living

As for the expected boon to the Mexican economy, we have seen none of these gains, and instead we have seen NAFTA's detrimental impact on the Mexican workers. ↗

— Stephen F. Lynch

#detrimental #economy #expected #gains #impact

I'll never be mistaken for Pat Boone. ↗

— Sal Mineo

#i #mistaken #never #pat

I’ll make Goyle do lines, it’ll kill him, he hates writing,” said Ron happily. He lowered his voice to Goyle’s low grunt and, screwing up his face in a look of pained concentration, mimed writing in midair. “I . . .must . . . not . . . look . . . like . . . a . . . baboon’s . . . backside. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#detention #gregory-goyle #humor #punishment #ron-weasley

Only boring people get bored. Life may be tedius, but not if you brought a book. ↗

— Robert Mailer Anderson

#life

Only boring people get bored. Life may be tedious, but not if you brought a book. ↗

— Robert Mailer Anderson

#life

Ik kon het echter niet laten, te scrhijven over ook nog de meisjes van 14 tot 18 jaar, die men de meest vermoeiende en meest zenuwslopende taak op de smalle schouders legde. Men noemde ze 'de nachtploeg', omdat ze het afschuwelijke nachtwerk te verrichten kregen: bij het loeien der sirenes om 6 of 7 uur in de avond, repten ze zich naar de fabrieken en stonden ze de hele nacht dóór in het helse lawaai van machines, molens of getouwen, om pas rond 6 of 7 uur in de grauwe ochtend de fabriekspoort te verlaten. Ondervoed, afgemat, door slaap overmand, kon geen nacht voorbij gaan zonder dat een van hen een ongeluk overkwam. ↗

— Louis Paul Boon

#kinderarbeid #kinderrechten #sociale-geschiedenis #men