#die

I'm going to imagine that converstion now. 'Hi, Mom, it's me. I ran away to Paris with a stranger I met under a bridge. He's really old, too, like twenty-five or something, and a soldier, so I helped him desert from his army, and, oh, did I mention he's a Communist'... ↗

— Rosanne Parry

#humor #humour #rosanne-parry #soldier #imagination

The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is the best after all. ↗

— Benjamin Spock

#babies #best #bringing #children #come

I don’t need a steak knife to cut my meat. That’s why karate chops were created. I’m like a butter knife, only slightly less deadly. But I’m great with bagels—and disobedient old people.
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— Jarod Kintz

#bagels #butter #butter-knife #creation #deadly

We can be tired, weary and emotionally distraught, but after spending time alone with God, we find that He injects into our bodies energy, power and strength. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#after #alone #bodies #emotionally #energy

As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that, he's a great military man, I want you to know that. ↗

— Norman Schwarzkopf

#as far as #being #far #general #great

My experience in Iraq made me realize, and during the recovery, that I could have died. And I just had to do more with my life. ↗

— Tammy Duckworth

#died #during #experience #had #i

The film is a romance with songs and dances, aimed at a family audience. ↗

— Sanjay Dutt

#audience #dances #family #film #romance

Given that there was that era of girl group music and it's still very popular, but I think if you looked at the chart from that time you would see many more men on it. Because the industry, they were catering to young girls. I mean, that's what they thought their audience was. ↗

— Lesley Gore

#because #catering #chart #era #girl

A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist. ↗

— Stewart Alsop

#comes #die #dying #man #man needs

Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#self-determination #life