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I remember the evacuee children from towns and cities throwing stones at the farm animals. When we explained that if you did that you wouldn't have any milk, meat or eggs, they soon learned to respect the animals. ↗

— Mary Wesley

#children #cities #did #eggs #explained

Rebecca is an example of how not to manage men. The rules of the game never change, it requires subtlety. ↗

— Mary Wesley

#example #game #how #manage #men

That image of the countryside being a threatening place still exists. People continue to resist the challenge of learning about aspects of life they don't understand. ↗

— Mary Wesley

#aspects #being #challenge #continue #countryside

The ideology of capitalism makes us all into connoisseurs of liberty - of the indefinite expansion of possibility. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#expansion #ideology #indefinite #into #liberty

Writing Part of the Scenery has been a very different experience. I have been reminded of people and events, real and imaginary which have been part of my life. This book is a celebration of the land which means so much to me. ↗

— Mary Wesley

#book #celebration #different #events #experience

I'd never painted anything before. I was quite content to take other people's work since I didn't care anyway about the subject matter. I approached subject matter as a scoundrel. I had nothing to say about it whatsoever. I only wanted to make these exciting paintings. ↗

— Tom Wesselmann

#anything #anyway #approached #before #care

For far too long we've allowed the other side to paint us as racist, as sexist, inhumane war mongers - well, today as a conservative black Republican and former solider, I'm here to set that record straight. ↗

— Allen West

#black #conservative #far #former #here

We must never forget why we have, and why we need our military. Our armed forces exist solely to ensure our nation is safe, so that each and every one of us can sleep soundly at night, knowing we have 'guardians at the gate.' ↗

— Allen West

#armed forces #each #ensure #every #exist

But for me to have the opportunity to stand in front of a bunch of executives and present myself, I had to hustle in my own way. I can't tell you how frustrating it was that they didn't get that. No joke - I'd leave meetings crying all the time. ↗

— Kanye West

#crying #executives #front #frustrating #get

If I was invincible, maybe I would take up some extreme sports. ↗

— Tom Welling

#extreme sports #i #invincible #maybe #some