#elves

We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#america #another #because #did #government

Perhaps it is because cats do not live by human patterns, do not fit themselves into prescribed behavior, that they are so united to creative people. ↗

— Andre Norton

#because #behavior #cats #creative #creative people

I'm fascinated by the ways in which people express themselves, because their responses are often counter to what they're actually feeling. Like when they're frightened, they tend to freeze. When they're angry, it doesn't always come out as volume. There are wonderful contradictions in the way that people express their emotions. ↗

— Edward Norton

#always #angry #because #come #contradictions

The news that comes out of Pakistan is always geared toward terrorism and fundamentalism. But when you give people freedom of expression and the freedom to go out and be social and to express themselves, you will see a change. I see that coming about in my country. ↗

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

#always #change #comes #coming #country

I know now that most people are so closely concerned with themselves that they are not aware of their own individuality, I can see myself, and it has helped me to say what I want to say in paint. ↗

— Georgia O'Keeffe

#closely #concerned #helped #i #i can

We collaborate together. We work with other people. We work by ourselves. ↗

— John Oates

#other #ourselves #people #together #work

Our house is made of glass... and our lives are made of glass; and there is nothing we can do to protect ourselves. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#house #lives #made #nothing #our

One of the great strengths of the United States is... we have a very large Christian population - we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values. ↗

— Barack Obama

#christian #christian nation #citizens #consider #great

Now that it's officially summer, here's my advice to parents who want to continue teaching their kids during the next two months and learn something themselves: visit Civil War battlefields. ↗

— Marvin Olasky

#battlefields #civil #civil war #continue #during

Those who believe in the importance of serving others should lead the way by fighting against the temptation we all have, and maybe especially as we age, to close in upon ourselves. ↗

— Marvin Olasky

#age #believe #close #especially #fighting