#erie

America is the greatest, freest and most decent society in existence. It is an oasis of goodness in a desert of cynicism and barbarism. This country, once an experiment unique in the world, is now the last best hope for the world. ↗

— Dinesh D'Souza

#experience

‎By reacting from fear instead of responding from love, you inject poison directly into the veins of your relationship. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#inspirational #love #motivational #poison #relationship

I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I much prefer history – true or feigned– with its varied applicability to the thought and experience of readers. I think that many confuse applicability with allegory, but the one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of the author. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#books #literature #experience

Any excuse to live in New York and do art. Has to be one of the most rewarding experiences in the world. ↗

— Tommy Chong

#art #excuse #experiences #live #most

To be in a situation where you have no rights whatsoever is something I wish everybody could experience. People's attitudes would change. It would be a better place. ↗

— Tommy Chong

#better #better place #change #could #everybody

I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#been #child #company #experience #i

You'll never experience the joy and tenderness of a lifelong love unless you fight for it. ↗

— Chris Fabry

#life-lessons #marital-advice #marriage-advice #experience

When I look back at the tapes, your first everything, your first All-Star Game, your first playoff experience, it just seems like it went by really fast. ↗

— Roger Clemens

#all-star game #back #everything #experience #fast

Every time I toe the rubber, it's no different for me than it was in the World Series. ↗

— Roger Clemens

#every #every time #i #me #rubber

I am already inherently full and complete as I am. Man doesn't need woman and woman doesn't need man in order to experience his or her inherent fullness. ↗

— Andrew Cohen

#am #complete #experience #full #fullness