#issue

James “Knockout Jimmy” O’Brien, Granite Fall’s very own boxing legend—a title he held until a young groupie poked holes in the condom she made him wear “for protection.” My brother was born nine months later, fists already swinging. ↗

— Kate Avelynn

#issues #new-adult #young-adult #new-adult

I don't know why no one ever thought to paste a label on the toilet-tissue spindle giving 1-2-3 directions for replacing the tissue on it. Then everyone in the house would know what Mama knows. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#humor #toilet-tissue #humor

Why hasn't someone lassoed a few teenagers and had them sit down and write out all the supposed answers they have so we can solve the world's problems already? ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#problems #richelle #richelle-goodrich #teenagers #world-issues

Sometimes we tend to focus more on the personalities and the conflicts, and it really caricatures the issues. ↗

— Mitchell Reiss

#conflicts #focus #issues #more #personalities

Since stepping down as laboratory director in 1999, I have devoted an increasing fraction of my time to international issues. I am involved with energy, environment, and sustainability issues, particularly as they involve new energy sources free of greenhouse gases. ↗

— Burton Richter

#devoted #director #down #energy #energy sources

How would your life be different if...You didn’t wait for someone else to fix a problem or social issue? Let today be the day...You take up a cause that you feel in your heart and give your time and efforts towards that cause. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#helping #inspirational #life #motivational #social-issue

They say that rape is the only crime in which the victim has to prove her innocence. And I want you to know, I believe in your innocence. You don’t have to prove anything to me. ↗

— Alina Klein

#change #inspirational #issues #life #change

The question of whether or to what extent human activities are causing global warming is not a matter of ideology, let alone of belief. The issue is simply one of risk management. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

#alone #belief #causing #extent #global

I would like to do another piece of fiction dealing with a number of issues: Lesbian parenting, the 1960's, and interracial relationships in the Lesbian and Gay community. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#community #dealing #fiction #gay #gay community

We have more difficult circumstances than most of the Arab countries but in spite of that Syria is stable. Why? Because you have to be very closely linked to the beliefs of the people. This is the core issue. ↗

— Bashar al-Assad

#arab countries #because #beliefs #circumstances #closely