#elf

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#itself #nation #soil

Its success lies in the fact that it's an insurance plan, not an investment plan or a welfare plan. ↗

— James Roosevelt

#insurance #investment #lies #plan #success

I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#any #being #creature #does #doing

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#done #enough #executive #good #good people

I was reading so much about myself in the papers that was not me. ↗

— Rebecca Loos

#i #me #much #myself #papers

Human nature must have come much nearer perfection than it is now, or will be in many generations, to exclude from such a control prejudice, selfishness, ambition, and injustice. ↗

— Elihu Root

#come #control #exclude #generations #human

When I was 15, I changed my name legally. I think it was largely due to my struggle about being gay. Everything just didn't fit, and I was trying to find things I could identify myself with, and it started with my name. ↗

— Portia de Rossi

#being #changed #could #due #everything

The Industry's at war. I think it's about control. You can make all of the financial arguments that the industry has been shooting itself in the foot, but it is an industry built on a foundation of ownership and exploitation of intellectual property rights. ↗

— Don Rose

#been #built #control #exploitation #financial

I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school. ↗

— Valentino Rossi

#enjoyed #i #i always #lot #myself

The aim of every authentic artist is not to conform to the history of art, but to release himself from it in order to replace it with his own history. ↗

— Harold Rosenberg

#art #artist #authentic #conform #every