#ding

Reading takes solitude and it takes focus. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#reading #solitude #takes

Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional business and retail lending activities as banks try to rebuild their balance sheets. This was one aspect of modern financial liberalisation that had dire consequences. ↗

— Vince Cable

#aspect #balance #balance sheets #banking #banks

But if each man could have his own house, a large garden to cultivate and healthy surroundings - then, I thought, there will be for them a better opportunity of a happy family life. ↗

— George Cadbury

#better #could #cultivate #each #family

We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life. ↗

— John Cage

#daily #daily life #highest #involved #life

I finished the recordings I had started with Eleven. Matt Cameron joined for the rest of those sessions. ↗

— Jack Irons

#eleven #finished #had #i #joined

The way one approaches a wilderness story is to fashion a quest - find something that you are truly interested in finding or discovering. ↗

— Tim Cahill

#discovering #fashion #find #finding #interested

I learned to be with myself rather than avoiding myself with limiting habits; I started to be aware of my feelings more, rather than numb them. ↗

— Judith Wright

#aware #feelings #habits #i #learned

The reason why I buy into the Democratic Party more than the Republican Party is because there are over 2,000 verses of Scripture that deal with responding to the needs of the poor. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#buy #deal #democratic #democratic party #i

After-school tutoring programs, care for the elderly, shelters for the homeless, disaster relief work, and a variety of other services would all benefit from government funding. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#benefit #care #disaster #elderly #funding

From the beginning, there have been some religious leaders who greeted the funding of faith-based social services by government with ambivalence. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#been #beginning #faith-based #funding #government