#do

The temptations are great to simply retreat to the domain of private life and give up on our public problems. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#give #great #life #our #private

The U.S has acquired reservoirs of goodwill around the globe over many years. But it is clear - from polling data and ample anecdotal evidence - that America is losing its allure in much of the world. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#allure #america #ample #anecdotal #around

We cannot do everything in Africa, but doing nothing is not an option. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#cannot #doing #everything #nothing #option

It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free. ↗

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

#religion #truth #freedom

I'm taking one thing at a time. With the children and launching my solo career it would drive me to a nervous breakdown if I tried to organise a wedding on top of that. ↗

— Natasha Hamilton

#career #children #drive #i #i tried

If you play a gay role, it sticks more than it does if an actor were to play a murderer or a psychopath. ↗

— Harry Hamlin

#does #gay #more #play #role

As I get older, I'm slowing down and, yes, calming down in my desire to be taken seriously. That I can be entertaining and funny and high nervous energy can work against me as a serious composer, slowly but surely you'll see me be quieter just so that people will listen. ↗

— Marvin Hamlisch

#calming #composer #desire #down #energy

From the time I could play the piano, I remember trying to write tunes. They were in my head, and I would just sit down and start noodling. Next thing I knew, I had written a melody. ↗

— Marvin Hamlisch

#down #had #head #i #i remember

In a public dialogue with Salman in London he [Edward Said] had once described the Palestinian plight as one where his people, expelled and dispossessed by Jewish victors, were in the unique historical position of being 'the victims of the victims': there was something quasi-Christian, I thought, in the apparent humility of that statement. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#christianity #edward-said #humility #london #palestine

I like kids but I also like the option to close the door. Becoming a parent is a whole other life, and it doesn't stop. ↗

— Jon Hamm

#becoming #close #door #i #kids