#gains

The design of those commissioners, frigates and warlike force is directed rather against Long Island and these your Honors' possessions, than to the imagined reform of New England. ↗

— Peter Stuyvesant

#commissioners #design #directed #england #force

I have felt cats rubbing their faces against mine and touching my cheek with claws carefully sheathed. These things, to me, are expressions of love. ↗

— James Herriot

#against #carefully #cats #cheek #claws

And, as if nature were protecting man against his own ingenuity, the reproductive processes were affected for a time; men became sterile, women had miscarriages, menstruation stopped. ↗

— John Hersey

#against #became #had #his #ingenuity

What are you going to do to preserve a tradition that is the peculiar and unique culture that Judaism inculcates? The American Jewish community is not going to survive by lining up against its common enemy. ↗

— Arthur Hertzberg

#american #common #common enemy #community #culture

A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish. ↗

— Oliver Herford

#gains #gathers #moss #polish #rolling

All men's gains are the fruit of venturing. ↗

— Herodotus

#fruit #gains #venturing

I read the script, and I knew it was a good part. It was written for a white actor. That's what I'm up against - I have to try to make roles happen for me that aren't written black. ↗

— Gregory Hines

#against #black #good #happen #i

He is still my father. He is still a person I know I could trust and he would never do anything against me. Once you're at the top, there are not many people like that. People always want something from you. ↗

— Martina Hingis

#always #anything #could #father #i

We had a poster of the Davis Cup in 1986. It was in Prague, the Czech Republic against Sweden, and we went to watch, so I got the poster. You couldn't get all the posters. You were lucky if you got one. ↗

— Martina Hingis

#cup #czech #czech republic #davis #davis cup

Any time I break up with Dawson or question him, viewers turn against me. ↗

— Katie Holmes

#any #break #break up #dawson #him