#ions

In the light of the actual fighting that is now in progress, we have reached the point where the military considerations clearly outweigh the fiscal considerations. ↗

— Louis A. Johnson

#clearly #considerations #fighting #fiscal #light

Maybe what stopped people from voting wasn't a lack of information about the candidates or a feeling that the outcomes of races didn't matter or a sense that a trip to the polls was inconvenient. What if voting wasn't only a political act, but a social one that took place in a liminal space between the public and private that had never been well-defined to citizens? What if toying with those expectations was key to turning a person into a voter? What if elections were simply less about shaping people's opinions than changing their behaviors? ↗

— Sasha Issenberg

#elections #change

I've never really had a relationship with Hollywood. I've never had a desire to work there. ↗

— Audrey Tautou

#had #hollywood #i #never #really

I'm always open to a relationship, but I'm not putting those feelers out there now. ↗

— Charlize Theron

#i #now #open #out #putting

The IMPOSSIBLE is ONLY relevant to those who NEVER attempt it…otherwise it is ABSTACT and MEANINGLESS ↗

— John Paul Warren

#church-planting #john-warren #leadership #motivation #pastor

Ordinarily pleasure and pain are regarded as different from sensations. ↗

— Ernst Mach

#ordinarily #pain #pleasure #regarded #sensations

The trite answer is that everything is true but none of it happened. It is emotionally true, but the events, the plotting, the narrative, isn't true of my life, though I've experienced most of the emotions experienced by the characters in the play. ↗

— Patrick Marber

#characters #emotionally #emotions #events #everything

I would like it to be known that I have decided not to marry Group Capt. Peter Townsend. Mindful of the church's teaching that Christian marriage is indissoluble, and conscious of my duty to the Commonwealth, I have resolved to put these considerations before any others. ↗

— Princess Margaret

#before #capt #christian #church #commonwealth

At the federal level, we must help, not hinder, local school boards, parents, teachers and administrators as they make decisions about educating our children. ↗

— Mark Kennedy

#administrators #boards #children #decisions #educating

The secret to strong leaders is that strong leaders are strong because they have been tempered by the negative. They have discovered the secret of combining the negative and the positive to PRODUCED their very own POWER plant! ↗

— John Paul Warren

#central-christian-church #church #inspirational #john-paul #john-paul-warren