#families

The biggest lesson from Africa was that life's joys come mostly from relationships and friendships, not from material things. I saw time and again how much fun Africans had with their families and friends and on the sports fields; they laughed all the time. ↗

— Andrew Shue

#again #biggest #biggest lesson #come #families

Social Security is not just the foundation of America's retirement dignity and security, it ensures the economic stability and strength of our families and our state's economy. ↗

— Debbie Stabenow

#dignity #economic #economy #ensures #families

Also the pictures themselves give a visual to the audience tuning in, that makes them a very important part of law enforcement, or pulling families together. ↗

— Robert Stack

#audience #enforcement #families #give #important

We did a show called The Orphan Train, during the depression, when families didn't have enough money to support their children, they'd put them on the train and hope someone would pick them up who had enough money to support their children. ↗

— Robert Stack

#children #depression #did #during #enough

I know the families that I photograph extremely well, and I've known them for a very long time. ↗

— Jock Sturges

#families #i #know #known #long

Everything depends on a good job - strong families, strong communities, the pursuit of the American dream, and a tax base to support schools for our kids and services for our seniors. ↗

— Bob Taft

#american dream #base #communities #depends #dream

There are over 200 million illiterate women in India. This low literacy negatively impacts not just their lives but also their families' and the country's economic development. A girl's lack of education also has a negative impact on the health and well-being of her children. ↗

— Sachin Tendulkar

#children #country #development #economic #economic development

I still lie awake at night thinking about everything that could have been, that wasn't done to stop 9/11. To the 9/11 families, I said, you deserve better from your entire government. All of us. ↗

— George Tenet

#awake #been #better #could #deserve

And could you, from a place of love, actually stand up and, use force, to give someone back, the suffering, they were trying to put on you? Would I do it? Maybe it would even be, an act of fierce compassion, as Enso Roshi sometimes talked about, to not take it any more. To not cow down, anymore. To let my father know, the tyrant, the aggressor, that if he hits me, I’m going to hit back, and hard. ↗

— T. Scott McLeod

#dysfunction #dysfunctional-families #dysfunctional-family #dysfunctional-relationship #family

I think Maine needs people. It needs diversity. It needs to be able to respect people. Openness is crucial for this state because we don't want to be known for having the oldest state in the nation. We want young families. ↗

— John Baldacci

#because #crucial #diversity #families #having