#ear

President Obama has said that our aspirations should be realistic. We are not going to turn one of the poorest countries in the world, that was plunged into 30 years of war, into an advanced, industrialized, Western-style democracy. What we want to achieve is Afghanistan's capacity to secure and govern itself. ↗

— David Petraeus

#advanced #afghanistan #aspirations #capacity #countries

Books have led some to learning and others to madness. ↗

— Petrarch

#learning #led #madness #others #some

And tears are heard within the harp I touch. ↗

— Petrarch

#heard #i #tears #touch #within

What name to call thee by, O virgin fair, I know not, for thy looks are not of earth And more than mortal seems thy countenances. ↗

— Petrarch

#earth #fair #i #know #looks

And, you know, being able to wear the stars and stripes, when you step up on one of the blocks or, you know, when you step off of an airplane or when you hear the national anthem play, you know, it's one of the greatest feelings in the world because you know that there are people at home who are supporting you and watching you. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#airplane #anthem #because #being #blocks

I consider myself normal. I've spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that's normal. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#i #myself #normal #pool #something

I learned how fast you can go from being an international hero to being a reference in a joke on a late night talk show. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#fast #go #hero #how #i

God speaks to me not through the thunder and the earthquake, nor through the ocean and the stars, but through the Son of Man, and speaks in a language adapted to my imperfect sight and hearing. ↗

— William Lyon Phelps

#earthquake #god #hearing #imperfect #language

I think, in my life, there've been three times I've broken down into tears on a set because I was happy. ↗

— Stephen Tobolowsky

#been #broken #down #happy #i

I've worked for 55 years. I'm going to take a little time off, to tell you the truth. It's just that now in the last couple of weeks, Gelman is pouring it on. 'Farewell to Regis!' It's getting embarrassing. ↗

— Regis Philbin

#embarrassing #farewell #getting #going #i