#ems

Curiously enough, it seems to be only in describing a mode of language which does not mean what it says that one can actually say what one means. ↗

— Paul de Man

#curiously #describing #does #enough #language

Badges mean nothing in themselves, but they mark a certain achievement and they are a link between the rich and the poor. For when one girl sees a badge on a sister Scout's arm, if that girl has won the same badge, it at once awakens an interest and sympathy between them. ↗

— Juliette Gordon Low

#arm #awakens #badge #between #certain

Poems seem to have a life of their own. They tell you when enough is enough. ↗

— Thomas Lynch

#enough is enough #life #own #poems #seem

At the entrance, my bare feet on the dirt floor, Here, gusts of heat; at my back, white clouds. I stare and stare. It seems I was called for this: To glorify things just because they are. ↗

— Czeslaw Milosz

#bare #bare feet #because #called #clouds

Personally, people know themselves very poorly. ↗

— Ernst Mach

#people #personally #poorly #themselves #very

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#always #deceived #deceives #find #themselves

I guess more players lick themselves that are ever licked by an opposing team. The first thing any man has to know is how to handle himself. ↗

— Connie Mack

#ever #first #first thing #guess #handle

Seems like everything people oughta know they just don't want to hear. I guess that's the big trouble with the world. ↗

— Daniel Mainwaring

#everything #everything people #guess #hear #i

Redistricting is a deeply political process, with incumbents actively seeking to minimize the risk to themselves (via bipartisan gerrymanders) or to gain additional seats for their party (via partisan gerrymanders). ↗

— Thomas E. Mann

#additional #bipartisan #deeply #gain #incumbents

The problems with First Ladies is that you have to set the standard. My role is to be both star and slave. ↗

— Imelda Marcos

#first #ladies #problems #role #set