#chi

For us, from Korea's perspective, China is the number one investment destination as well as number one trading partner. ↗

— Lee Myung-bak

#destination #investment #korea #number #partner

Up against the corporate government, voters find themselves asked to choose between look-alike candidates from two parties vying to see who takes the marching orders from their campaign paymasters and their future employers. The money of vested interest nullifies genuine voter choice and trust. ↗

— Ralph Nader

#asked #between #campaign #candidates #choice

I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste. ↗

— Guru Nanak

#ancient #any #caste #child #i

Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave when they think that their children are naive. ↗

— Ogden Nash

#naive #oh #parents #tangled #their

part of the art of teaching is the ability to rearrange the world for students - to force them to see things in a new way. i've known too many stupid intellectuals to believe that education and wisdom come as a package deal along with facts, it's your perspective that counts - your ability to see differently, not just to see a lot. ↗

— Sunny Decker

#teaching #art

They had always dreamed of a large family but have now realized that they would be equally blessed to have even one child. ↗

— Jane Green

#child #children #dreams

In course of time the Brothers Cowper removed the manufacture of their printing machines from London, to Manchester. There they found skilled and energetic workmen, ready to carry their plans into effect. ↗

— James Nasmyth

#carry #course #effect #energetic #found

My father was always anxious to give pleasure to his children. Accordingly, he took me one day, as a special treat, to the top of the grand old tower, to see the chimes played. ↗

— James Nasmyth

#always #anxious #children #day #father

Alma is in a painting phase, and the people she paints are all the color of mold, look like they've just been dredged from the bottom of a lake. Her last painting was of you, slouching against the front door: only your frowning I-had-a-lousy-Third-World-childhood-and-all-I-got-was-this-attitude eyes recognizable. ↗

— Junot Díaz

#painting #third-world-childhood #attitude

I come from that society and there is a common thread, specifically family values - the idea that you do anything for your family, and the unconditional love for one's children. ↗

— Ednita Nazario

#anything #children #come #common #conditional love