#ding

The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation; it is understanding. ↗

— Winifred Holtby

#crown #happiness #life #neither #nor

I've written 18 books, mostly dealing with issues of social justice, ending racism, feminism, and cultural criticism. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#criticism #cultural #dealing #ending #feminism

After this urgent protest against entering into battle at Gettysburg according to instructions - which protest is the first and only one I ever made during my entire military career - I ordered my line to advance and make the assault. ↗

— John B. Hood

#advance #after #against #assault #battle

Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood. ↗

— Lionel Trilling

#helpless #make #misunderstanding #oneself #others

My school friends are really understanding and still want to hang out with me. Ever since I was in sixth grade, I was at the gym every day to work out while my friends were getting their nails done or going to the mall. I used to feel left out, but I don't anymore. ↗

— Aly Raisman

#day #done #ever #every #every day

America should meet its obligations in the form of Social Security, Medicare, our ability to pay our military, legally binding legislation that allows unemployment compensation, the judiciary, the federal court system, the federal prison system, all those kinds of things have to be paid for. ↗

— Bill Johnson

#allows #america #binding #compensation #court

You know, I was crap. But I had the commitment, and I had the understanding, that the basis of football is skill on the ball, and if you spend the time with it, you're gonna reap the rewards. ↗

— Craig Johnston

#basis #commitment #crap #football #gonna

We could have gone with much bigger labels and more money, but we wanted to go with a company that is LA based, all in the same building, and really understands what the artists want. ↗

— Adam Jones

#based #bigger #building #company #could

There's nothing worse than finding yourself in a situation, a very demanding piece of work, and knowing that you're not a true ally to the person who's in charge of all that. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#charge #demanding #finding #finding yourself #knowing

The saddest fact of climate change - and the chief reason we should be concerned about finding a proper response - is that the countries it will hit hardest are already among the poorest and most long-suffering. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

#already #among #change #chief #climate