#den

Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised. ↗

— Ben Jonson

#confidence #had #industry #negligence #produces

As a child of West Texas, I identify with Hispanic culture every bit as much as I do North American culture. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#american culture #bit #child #culture #every

There is no executive order; there is no law that can require the American people to form a national community. This we must do as individuals and if we do it as individuals, there is no President of the United States who can veto that decision. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#american people #community #decision #executive #form

One of the reasons I came to Berkeley was because I saw so many students of all different colors speaking so many different languages and ferociously presenting all these different views. I thought, this is the 21st century and I want to be here! ↗

— June Jordan

#because #berkeley #came #century #colors

No, I just thought of a story and wrote down what I saw. It was about two kids in Ireland who went around killing people. It was called Travelers, and it was made as an independent film. ↗

— Neil Jordan

#around #called #down #film #i

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants. ↗

— Stephen King

#comes #deny #down #favorite #laughter

Since President Bush took office, we have lost 3 million more good jobs. ↗

— Marcy Kaptur

#good #good jobs #jobs #lost #million

I really can't hate more than 5 or 10 years. Wouldn't it be terrible to be always burdened with those primary emotions you had at one time? ↗

— Han Suyin

#burdened #emotions #had #hate #i

Sometimes you have to look reality in the eye, and deny it. ↗