#ends

Friendships in childhood are usually a matter of chance, whereas in adolescence they are most often a matter of choice. ↗

— David Elkind

#adolescence #chance #childhood #choice #friendships

The President sends us a billion-page paper that shows how he would spend the money if he were spending the money. He doesn't have the authority to spend the money. He doesn't spend $1 of the money. ↗

— Michael Enzi

#how #money #paper #president #sends

Of what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends? ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#his #man #proud #shall

The cause of our difficulties in southeast Asia is not a deficiency of power but an excess of the wrong kind of power which results in a feeling of impotence when it fails to achieve its desired ends. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

#asia #cause #deficiency #desired #difficulties

Sanity and clarity are more important for me and I'm willing to give up a lot of shimmer for it. I'm willing to have more boring friends, who are sane. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#clarity #friends #give #i #important

What is important is family, friends, giving back to your community and finding meaning in life. ↗

— Adrian Grenier

#community #family #finding #friends #giving

Mr. Speaker, our Nation depends on immigrants' labor, and I hope we can create an immigration system as dependable as they are. ↗

— Luis Gutierrez

#dependable #depends #hope #i #immigrants

I grew up here and my friends are here. There's nothing wrong with here. ↗

— S. E. Hinton

#grew #here #i #nothing #up

Lovers have a right to betray you... friends don't. ↗