#elves

As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility. ↗

— Arnold J. Toynbee

#beings #cannot #choice #endowed #god

The human race's prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenceless against ourselves. ↗

— Arnold J. Toynbee

#against #become #better #considerably #human

We'd been noticing how much more important the internet had become - once information is out there in the world now, anyone can get it. Since that was beginning to happen with the record anyway, we figured, OK, let's just stream it for free ourselves. ↗

— Jeff Tweedy

#anyway #become #been #beginning #figured

Isn't life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves? ↗

— Andy Warhol

#images #life #repeat #series #themselves

I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble. ↗

— Earl Warren

#banks #care #except #fees #first

We wanted to establish a new fan base over here. And second, we wanted to challenge ourselves. We wanted to bring what is ostensibly new music to fresh ears and see what lights them up. ↗

— Bob Weir

#bring #challenge #ears #establish #fan

Secular artists see themselves with performance; they are more self involved, presentational. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

#involved #more #performance #secular #see

We have relationships and know the exact outcome with that person because we don't deal with ourselves and don't deal with our issues and end up being attracted to the same person or the person is attracted to our energy. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

#because #being #deal #end #energy

Nutrition is also a valuable component that can help athletes both protect themselves and improve performance. ↗

— Bill Toomey

#athletes #both #component #help #improve

As a matter of record, New York City spends a higher portion of its budget on instruction and associated costs within the schools themselves than any of the other 100 largest districts in the nation. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#associated #budget #city #costs #districts