#con

I worry when athletes are simply used by their universities to produce revenue, to make money for them, nothing to show at the back end. I grew up with a lot of players who had very, very tough lives after the ball started bouncing for them. And that's why I'm going to continue to fight. ↗

— Arne Duncan

#athletes #back #ball #bouncing #continue

It has taken me years of struggle, hard work and research to learn to make one simple gesture, and I know enough about the art of writing to realize that it would take as many years of concentrated effort to write one simple, beautiful sentence. ↗

— Isadora Duncan

#art #beautiful #concentrated #effort #enough

I've said all along that God is in control. ↗

— Tony Dungy

#control #god #i #said

With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#climates #confined #democratic #free #how

You cannot wish for happiness but you can work towards your life goals and create lasting happiness. ↗

— Roopleen

#courage #determination #goals #inspiration #inspire

The advanced levels which the democratic world has attained at the end of lengthy processes may have created the perception in the region that democracy is a distant concept; this perception can be addressed. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

#advanced #attained #concept #created #democracy

I'm always afraid that I'm being unprofessional, yet I continue to sign all my e-mails 'xoxo.' ↗

— Lena Dunham

#always #being #continue #e-mails #i

To turn your dreams into reality, all your resources, efforts and concentration should be aligned in the same direction. ↗

— Roopleen

#courage #determination #goals #inspiration #inspire

An appeal is when you ask one court to show it's contempt for another court. ↗

— Finley Peter Dunne

#appeal #ask #contempt #court #show

After I convinced them that I was a harmless novelist, I actually got them to give me a tour of the harem - which is usually off limits for tourists. ↗

— Dorothy Dunnett

#after #convinced #give #give me #got