#ena

By the time I left school, I had a lot of tenacity. ↗

— Halle Berry

#had #i #left #lot #school

It is a curious phenomena that God has made the hearts of the poor, rich and those of the rich, poor. ↗

— Vinoba Bhave

#god #hearts #made #phenomena #poor

In the good old days when I was a senator, I was my own man. ↗

— Joe Biden

#good #good old days #i #man #my own

Presumptuous for me to say, but at least - at a minimum - I've been able to influence the direction of the Democratic Party on foreign policy. And I've been relatively - presumptuous to say - relatively successful legislatively in the Senate, being able to win a lot of Republican friends, and being able to cross the aisle. ↗

— Joe Biden

#aisle #been #being #cross #democratic

Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#acquaintance #already #embraced #enables #folly

Perhaps the only thing in my favor is that I am very tenacious. I don't take 'no' very well. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

#favor #i #i am #only #perhaps

The labor of women in the house, certainly, enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could; and in this way women are economic factors in society. But so are horses. ↗

— Charlotte Perkins Gilman

#certainly #could #economic #enables #factors

If I felt we had alienated the Unionists, it would worry me because we've spent a great deal of time trying to open up discussion and dialogue with the Unionist Parties. ↗

— Dick Spring

#because #deal #dialogue #discussion #felt

That's Collin."She panicked."He can't see you!" Don't tell me you're afraid of your own brother?"Staton seemed to think that was funny.She hated the smirk that crept over his face. She shoved him."You want Collin to kill you?Hide." That made him laugh louder."Kill me?" Stop it,"she warned him,or he'll hear you." You think I should be afraid of your brother?I'm immortal." Collin's heavy steps filled the downstairs hallway.Her heart raced.Why was life so complicated? ↗

— Lynne Ewing

#stanton #funny

As the Senator from Vermont was kind enough to note, I did have the experience of being commander in chief of our National Guard in Missouri for 8 years. ↗

— Kit Bond

#chief #commander #did #enough #experience