#cement

Read. Read all the time. Read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life.” (Wellesly High School commencement speech, “You Are Not Special”, 6-12) ↗

— Teacher David McCullough

#commencement #graduation #read #reading #you-are-not-special

The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#aid #ambitious #contribute #fortunes #his

I can finally go home and tell the constituents, law enforcement, and leaders in Washington state that Congress is treating the meth problem with the same urgency and commitment that local communities have been treating it with for years. ↗

— Rick Larsen

#commitment #communities #congress #constituents #enforcement

Propaganda in the ordinary sense of the term plays a less important part in a consumer society, where people greet all official pronouncements with suspicion. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#greet #important #less #official #ordinary

You have to watch all sides of your advancement, you have to make sure people's bodies and minds are healthy and their morale is cool before you can really go out and play great music. ↗

— Shirley Manson

#before #bodies #cool #go #great

Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd be surprised what an inducement that is to the education of children. ↗

— Judith Martin

#conduct #education #foreign #foreign language #inducement

We need a tougher enforcement program and, most importantly, we need to fix the badly broken ethics system. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#broken #enforcement #ethics #fix #importantly

You couldn't pay me enough to be a law enforcement officer. Their job is a tough job. You have to solve people's problems, you have to baby-sit people, you have to always be doing this cat-and-mouse game with the bad guys. My respect for them is immense. ↗

— Christopher Meloni

#bad #bad guys #doing #enforcement #enough

But since September 11, we have made every effort to try to work closely with state and local law enforcement. ↗

— Robert Mueller

#effort #enforcement #every #law #law enforcement

Losing faith in your own singularity is the start of wisdom, I suppose; also the first announcement of death. ↗

— Peter Conrad

#announcement #death #faith #first #i