#ions

The power to mould the future of the Republic will be in the hands of the journalists of future generations. ↗

— Joseph Pulitzer

#future generations #generations #hands #journalists #mould

I love my country very dearly, and I greatly resent the implication that some of the places that I have sung and some of the people that I have known, and some of my opinions, whether they are religious or philosophical, make me less of an American. ↗

— Pete Seeger

#country #dearly #greatly #i #i love

Those quotations were really quite obscure. Anyone can see that he is a very well read man. ↗

— Barbara Pym

#man #obscure #quite #quotations #read

Nato allies have been looking at various missile-defence options for some time. Nato itself is developing protections for our deployed troops. ↗

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

#been #deployed #developing #itself #looking

Albert Camus wrote that the only serious question is whether to kill yourself or not. Tom Robbins wrote that the only serious question is whether time has a beginning and an end. Camus clearly got up on the wrong side of bed, and Robbins must have forgotten to set the alarm. There is only one serious question. And that is: Who knows how to make love stay? Answer me that and I will tell you whether or not to kill yourself. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#questions #life

I was just trying to open the doors... but walls fell down ↗

— Saket Assertive

#life #phylosophy #relationship #walls #life

You said the other day life was long,' I shot back. 'Which is it?' 'It's both,' she said, shrugging. 'It all depends on how you choose to live it. It's like forever, always changing.' Kristy and Macy; p.135 ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#relationship #truth #change

I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure. ↗

— Alan Rickman

#court #desire #directions #failure #i

You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As I've learned, each person on a team is an extension of your leadership; if they feel empowered by you they will magnify your power to lead. ↗

— Tom Ridge

#each #empower #empowered #enable #extension

I believe that his death and resurrection transformed humanity's relationship with God. ↗

— Timothy Radcliffe

#death #god #his #humanity #i