#iona

There are no conditions to which a man cannot become used, especially if he sees that all around him are living in the same way. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#human-naturei #inspirational #inspirational

We are going to sign a treaty with Mexico. We are competing internationally. We need another international airport for international cargo, international travel, international businesses. ↗

— Richard M. Daley

#another #businesses #cargo #competing #going

I spent several years acquiring the obsessive, day-to-day discipline that's needed if you want to write professionally, then several more, highly valuable years studying fiction writing at the University of Iowa. ↗

— John Dalton

#day-to-day #discipline #fiction #fiction writing #highly

They kind of took it out of our hands. We're still able to deal with him on an emotional level. ↗

— Rosario Dawson

#deal #emotional #emotional level #hands #him

Since the dawn of time, traditional marriage - the union between one man and one woman - has been the building block of civilization, and at no point in our nation's history has that foundation been under more severe attack than now. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#been #between #block #building #building block

Love art in yourself, and not yourself in art. ↗

— Constantin Stanislavski

#inspirational #theatre #art

This is a time for a national conversation. A conversation about the document that binds us as a nation and a people. That document, of course, is the Constitution. ↗

— Mike DeWine

#binds #constitution #conversation #course #document

The primary thing when you take a sword in your hands is your intention to cut the enemy, whatever the means. Whenever you parry, hit, spring, strike or touch the enemy's cutting sword, you must cut the enemy in the same movement. It is essential to attain this. If you think only of hitting, springing, striking or touching the enemy, you will not be able actually to cut him. ↗

— Miyamoto Musashi

#martial-arts #philosophy #strategy #art

For the last 3 years, we have celebrated National Nurses Week. Beginning on May 6, we will once again have the opportunity to truly commend the nursing community for their contributions to our national health delivery system. ↗

— Nathan Deal

#beginning #celebrated #commend #community #contributions

The previous year it had taken England all their time to beat the full German team in an international and I had taken with me the programme from that match. ↗

— Dixie Dean

#england #full #german #had #i