#gen

So the proposition that the ideal parents for any child are its biological parents is a statement with which we can all agree in the generality, but which does not apply, for one reason or another, in many particular circumstances. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

#another #any #apply #biological #child

They did interviews with my wife and daughter-they were genuinely in fear of me having a heart attack, working 20 hours a day, eating fast food. ↗

— Willie Aames

#day #did #eating #fast #fast food

By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made. ↗

— Lascelles Abercrombie

#constantly #epic #epic poetry #form #general

The essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of the hero. ↗

— Maxwell Anderson

#essence #even #hero #play #regeneration

Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it. ↗

— John Quincy Adams

#cost #freedom #generation #good #hope

My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man. ↗

— Alvin Ailey

#gentle #impression #lasting #man #sad

Archaeologists are underpaid publicity agents for deceased royalty. ↗

— John Agar

#archaeologists #deceased #publicity #royalty #underpaid

For this reason, the expansion of relations with all countries is on the agenda of the Islamic Republic of Iran. I mean balanced relationships, based on mutual respect and observation of each other's rights. ↗

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

#balanced #based #countries #each #expansion

People are people the world over. Some are good, some bad, some greedy and some generous. Nations are like people and act the same way. ↗

— George Aiken

#bad #generous #good #greedy #like

There is a human capital crisis in the federal government. Not only are we losing the decades of talent as civil servants retire, we are not doing enough to develop and nurture the next generation of public servants. ↗

— Daniel Akaka

#civil #civil servants #crisis #decades #develop