#dec

I probably spent the first 20 years of my life wanting to be as American as possible. Through my 20s, and into my 30s, I began to become aware of how so much of my art and architecture has a decidedly Eastern character. ↗

— Maya Lin

#architecture #art #aware #become #began

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#impossible #make #makes #molds #possible

The assertion that "all men are created equal" was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#britain #created #declaration #effecting #equal

My heart has been heavy and I have deliberated within my own conscience, knowing that my decision should not come out of my initial emotion of anger toward the President for such reckless behavior, but should be based on the facts. ↗

— Blanche Lincoln

#based #been #behavior #come #conscience

Spending and tax cut decisions must be both fiscally responsible and fair to our working families. I believe that fiscal responsibility is the way to create prosperity for America and secure the retirement of America's seniors. ↗

— Blanche Lincoln

#believe #both #create #cut #decisions

I don't want to spend my life in my 40s feeling bad about being in my 40s, and then all of a sudden I'm 50, and I will have missed a whole decade! ↗

— Laura Linney

#bad #being #decade #feeling #i

The only really conscious decision I made was to cast my net wide and if the work was good, to do it. ↗

— Laura Linney

#conscious #conscious decision #decision #good #i

I was looking to become more proactive with my career because I wasn't crazy with some of the scripts I was getting - this was before Blow and Hannibal - so I decided to start my own production company. ↗

— Ray Liotta

#become #before #blow #career #company

So I decided to form a production company with my wife and our partner Diane. ↗

— Ray Liotta

#decided #diane #form #i #our

We all want more information available when making health care decisions for ourselves and our families. ↗

— Dan Lipinski

#care #decisions #families #health #health care