#inking

The public conviction that a railroad linking the West and the East was an absolute necessity became so pronounced after the gold discoveries of '49 that Congress passed an act in 1853 providing for a survey of several lines from the Mississippi to the Pacific. ↗

— John Moody

#absolute necessity #act #after #became #congress

I was once a welfare recipient and am very aware of the successes and failures of this critical safety net. There are those that would have us believe that those receiving TANF benefits are lazy, shiftless, freeloaders who are just sitting around thinking of another way to suckle from the government teat. ↗

— Gwen Moore

#another #another way #around #aware #believe

I remember thinking during those times that I wanted to write in a way where there are no rules. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#i #i remember #remember #rules #thinking

I was motivated by just thinking that if you had all this external success that everyone would love you and everything would be peaceful and wonderful. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#everything #external #had #i #just

I was taught from a young age that I had to serve, so that turned into me thinking I had to save the planet. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#had #i #into #me #planet

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity. ↗

— Christopher Morley

#continually #day #else #enough #every

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking. ↗

— Christopher Morley

#doing #into #mind #own #purpose

People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that we are thinking faster, too. ↗

— Christopher Morley

#equipment #faster #imagine #like #mechanical

I'm trying to avoid, you know, guilt, even though before the child is born, you're already thinking you're doing things wrong... Why do I think that will probably carry over until the day you die? ↗

— Emily Mortimer

#avoid #before #born #carry #child

When I turned 59, I looked at that as the first day of my 60th year, so I've been 60 for the last 365 days, in my opinion. So I've been thinking all this year, I'm 60 - this is the time when I need to get some stuff done. ↗

— Walter Mosley

#been #day #days #done #first