#dent

I publish my own music. I'm creating my own songbook. It works that way for me; I'm very independent. ↗

— David Friedman

#i #independent #me #music #my own

I rolled my eyes, I had faced this all my life, the way each country held a moral stance over the other. It was as though each nation had its own uniform and I wore the shirt of one, the trousers of the other, and both sides were shooting at me. Oh, the way each culture condemned the complained. India was backward and primitive, exotic. America was morally bankrupt, a cultural colonizer. But I knew this chiding was a flirtation. For below these criticisms, the truth was that each place held an allure for the other, a fascination and curiosity, and attraction and longing. They exchanged hamburgers for chicken curry, combined Ayurvedic and modern medicine, and swapped yoga for aerobics. I never witnessed such confused and beguiled lovers. ↗

— Samina Alina Ali

#life

Buy it for anyone you know who cries in the shower, who drinks in the morning, whose life only has meaning when they’re asleep and dreaming that they’re somebody else. They will find comfort here. And if they don’t, it’s not your fault. They’ve always been this way. Some people are just all banged up. Good for you for trying to help. You’re a great person. Give yourself a hand. ↗

— Paul Neilan

#dreams

We genuinely believe to this day that it was an honest genuine mistake and we never imagined the punishment would be eight months. The precedent dictated that it was unlikely to be that. We don't regret he played for that period. ↗

— David Gill

#day #dictated #eight #genuine #genuinely

The more specific and measurable your goal, the more quickly you will be able to identify, locate, create, and implement the use of the necessary resources for its achievement. ↗

— Charles J. Givens

#achievement #create #goal #identify #implement

We made history when President Obama appointed Sonia Sotomayor, a proud Latina, the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice. And as the President likes to say, 'Every single one of them wasn't just the best Latino for the job, but the best person for the job.' ↗

— Charlie Gonzalez

#best #court #every #first #hispanic

If we had failed to pursue the facts as far as they led, we would have denied the public any knowledge of an unprecedented scheme of political surveillance and sabotage. ↗

— Katharine Graham

#as far as #denied #facts #failed #far

The end comes to all of us...but the end comes quicker to those who do not live their lives as they choose. If your life is not your own, then in what way is it living? ↗

— Christopher John Farley

#life

Teenagers have more intense reading experiences because they've had fewer of them. It's like the first time you fall in love. You have a connection to that first person you fell in love with because it was so intense and unprecedented. ↗

— John Green

#connection #experiences #fall #fell #fewer

I think I identify more with the smart guy, but most people might take umbrage at that. I like to think of myself as a real thinker, but I suppose people might beg to differ. ↗

— Colin Quinn

#differ #guy #i #i think #identify