#elation

There was no singles problem until singles got so single-minded that they stopped wasting time with anyone ineligible. Before that, it was understood that one of society's main tasks was matchmaking. People with lifelong friendships and ties to local nonprofessional organizations did not have to fear that isolation would accompany retirement, old age, or losing a spouse. Overburdened householders could count on the assistance not only of their own extended families, but of the American tradition of neighborliness. ↗

— Judith Martin

#community #family #miss-manners #relationships #age

If all things were made through Him, clearly so must the splendid revelations have been which were made to the fathers and prophets, and became to them the symbols of the sacred mysteries of religion. ↗

— Origen

#became #been #clearly #fathers #him

I wanted to have a good relationship. One that's romantic and dramatic, like in the movies. But I finally became a woman at 17 and learned that men aren't really that simple. ↗

— Ai Yazawa

#love #relationships #age

The relationship between the media owner, their relationship isn't strictly with people and audiences. It's also with advertisers, and that's the most relationship in radio; in fact it pays the bills. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#audiences #between #bills #fact #in fact

I had no desire to become a singer until I heard Billie Holiday. The first time I heard her on a record, it was a revelation. She sounded like a woman singing about herself. ↗

— Susannah McCorkle

#become #billie #billie holiday #desire #first

The most important thing as a leader is your relationship with God. ↗

— Manny Pacquiao

#important #important thing #leader #most #relationship

In what way can a revelation be made but by miracles? In none which we are able to conceive. ↗

— William S. Paley

#conceive #made #miracles #none #revelation

It had all seemed as inevitable as sunset. Instead it was the beauty of the sun glinting upon the scythe. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#divorce #infidelity #marriage #relationships #seperation

Living a fulfilling relationship requires courage, nakedness and absolute fearlessness. ↗