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Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or generational. And that was his reputation, even at Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the 'Law Review.' ↗

— Mara Liasson

#around #black #bridge #built #divisions

True, the initial ideas are in general those of an individual, but the establishment of the reality and truth is in general the work of more than one person. ↗

— Willard Libby

#general #ideas #individual #initial #more

I shall take all the troubles of the past, all the disappointments, all the headaches, and I shall pack them in a bag and throw them in the East River. ↗

— Trygve Lie

#disappointments #east #headaches #i #pack

Every day is intense and alive, whether it's travel, work, even down time, which there is so little of. ↗

— Josh Lucas

#day #down #even #every #every day

We demand privacy, yet we glorify those that break into computers. ↗

— Bill McCollum

#break #demand #glorify #into #privacy

The pattern of a newspaperman's life is like the plot of 'Black Beauty.' Sometimes he finds a kind master who gives him a dry stall and an occasional bran mash in the form of a Christmas bonus, sometimes he falls into the hands of a mean owner who drives him in spite of spavins and expects him to live on potato peelings. ↗

— A. J. Liebling

#black #bonus #bran #christmas #drives

Friends don’t spy; true friendship is about privacy, too. ↗

— Stephen King

#friendship #privacy #friendship

We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#friendship #privacy #solitude #friendship

The most truly generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward. ↗

— Carol Ryrie Brink

#giving #family

I don't like fights. I don't like aggressive people. ↗