#fort

She believed in public service; she felt she had to roll up her sleeves and do something useful for the war effort. She organized a Comfort Circle, which collected money through rummage sales. This was spent on small boxes containing tobacco and candies, which were sent off to the trenches. She threw open Avilion for these functions, which (said Reenie) was hard on the floors. In addition to the rummage sales, every Tuesday afternoon her group knitted for the troops, in the drawing room -- washcloths for the beginners, scarves for the intermediates, balaclavas and gloves for the experts. Soon another battalion of recruits was added, on Thursdays -- older, less literate women from south of the Jogues who could knit in their sleep. These made baby garments for the Armenians, said to be starving, and for something called Overseas Refugees. After two hours of knitting, a frugal tea was served in the dining room, with Tristan and Iseult looking wanly down. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#knitting #war-effort #money

God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#devil #division #effort #god #labor

I was fortunate enough to be an American citizen by birth and I have the birth certificate to prove it. ↗

— Raul Labrador

#american citizen #birth #birth certificate #certificate #citizen

Marriage is a team effort. Both of us share that philosophy. ↗

— Nick Lachey

#effort #marriage #philosophy #share #team

Mumbai is home, so there's no comparison. But then again, New York's a lot like Mumbai, which is why I choose to live there. It's fast, crowded (in a good way), the people are friendly and it's full of color and race, like Mumbai. Unfortunately, the traffic's also just as bad. ↗

— Lavrenti Lopes

#also #bad #choose #color #comparison

The roles for South Asians may have increased by a decent number but there has been a negligible change in the quality of these roles. We still have to fight stereotypes. Fortunately, I've had the priviledge of working with people who look beyond the color of your skin. ↗

— Lavrenti Lopes

#been #beyond #change #color #decent

I am not one for half measures or half-hearted efforts. ↗

— Jay Inslee

#efforts #half #half-hearted #i #i am

There were exceptions, a couple of families that just plain didn't want to even think about it, although forty years had passed but mostly the people were very interested in talking about it. ↗

— Walter Lord

#although #couple #even #exceptions #families

Pour not on the comforts you want, but upon the mercies you have. Look rather at God's ending in afflicting, than to the measure and degree of your affliction. ↗

— Christopher Love

#comforts #degree #ending #god #look

Comedians don't have a monopoly on suffering. But creative people are sometimes fortunate enough to be able to incorporate their most traumatic experiences into their art. ↗

— Matt Lucas

#art #comedians #creative #creative people #enough