#ff

Jude has a very different character. It is not the cradle of Christianity, or of the assembly on earth: it is its decay and its death here below. It does not keep its first estate. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

#below #character #christianity #cradle #death

I chose to go to law school because I thought that someday, somehow I'd make a difference. ↗

— Christopher Darden

#chose #difference #go #i #law

It did not prepare me for writing or "Power of Attorney." However, what it did is that it forced me out of the DA's office. I stopped getting that county check. ↗

— Christopher Darden

#check #county #did #forced #getting

The Democratic Party of California is ready to sponsor me. All I have to do is find the right office to run for. ↗

— Bobby Darin

#democratic #democratic party #find #i #me

If you improvise a riff and the crowd immediately reacts to it, you know you're on to something. ↗

— Dimebag Darrell

#immediately #improvise #know #reacts #riff

'Shoot the wounded... what we do to people who are the most vulnerable... we 'shoot the wounded.' As if they haven't suffered enough, we add to it by gossiping and treating hurt people like outcasts." ..."I think we killed Ronnie's spirit... Instead of coming alongside her and supporting her through this, I failed her... ↗

— Lynn Dove

#gossip #hypocrisy #rejection #religion #shooting-the-wounded

A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone. ↗

— Charles Darwin

#heart #man #mere #ought #scientific

I think I feel a little differently than other people do. For some reason I've never felt grown up. ↗

— William Steig

#feel #felt #grown #i #i feel

I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office. ↗

— Samuel Dash

#believe #i #i believe #i believe in #independence

The master of the garden is the one who waters it, trims the branches, plants the seeds, and pulls the weeds. If you merely stroll through the garden, you are but an acolyte. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#caring #effort #experience #garden #gardener