#held

The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence. ↗

— Ron Paul

#esteem #free #free society #held #highest

I was ill. I was told I was stressed, so I had to get everything checked out. I didn't think I was, but someone told me I was. As a result, I went to get a blood test. I'd never had one before, so I held my breath when I was getting it done. That caused me to go into a fit. ↗

— Liam Payne

#blood #breath #caused #checked #done

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that. ↗

— Norman Vincent Peale

#back #empty #heads #hearts #held

I had watched for many years and seen how a few rich families held much of Argentina's wealth and power in their hands. So Peron and the government brought in an eight hour working day , sickness pay and fair wages to give poor workers a fair go . ↗

— Evita Peron

#brought #day #eight #fair #families

The process of philosophic and scientific enlightenment has shaken the stability of beliefs held explicitly as articles of faith. ↗

— Michael Polanyi

#beliefs #enlightenment #explicitly #faith #held

I get constantly mistaken for Elijah Wood. I was in Japan and someone held out a photo of him for me to sign. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#elijah #get #held #him #i

I thought that I held the record of most appearances on the Bob Hope Show, but I think - It's Brooke Shields. ↗

— Tony Randall

#bob #bob hope #brooke #brooke shields #held

A small child from a developing country has the advantage, from a very early age, of having access to toys which structure his mind, which constitute a sure advantage over the little African child who has never even held a modern toy. ↗

— Abdoulaye Wade

#advantage #african #age #child #constitute

Three children have become adults since a phone call with Jo Rowling, containing one small clue, persuaded me that there was more to Snape than an unchanging costume, and that even though only three of the books were out at that time, she held the entire massive but delicate narrative in the surest of hands. ↗

— Alan Rickman

#books #call #children #clue #containing

Back in the mid-1980s, congressional hearings were held after we brought this litigation, and held up the first experiment. At that time, I went in front of Congress, along with the major agencies involved with this. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#agencies #along #back #brought #congress