#las

I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me. ↗

— Harriet Tubman

#fight #go #i #lasted #liberty

I thought back to Meg’s advice about Hemingway sentences—simple declarative statements that showed the truth and distilled the meaning. My first attempt at that had been cynical and messed up. I gave it a go again. Find one lost sheep. The angels rejoice. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

#college #cynicism #dating #faith #glass-girl

I'd like to say that right now, in the last few years, the Democrats have been closer - have been more pro-environment. The coal industry is pretty well entrenched in the Republican Party and that's one of the things that we need to phase out. ↗

— Ted Turner

#closer #coal #democrats #entrenched #few

I'm self-made. I always wanted to make myself a better person, because I was not educated. But that was my dream - to have class. ↗

— Tina Turner

#because #better #better person #class #dream

Rural Americans want leaders who help middle-class communities to plan and prosper over the long-term - not opportunists who reap the rewards for themselves, leaving nothing for the people who do the sowing. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#for the people #help #leaders #leaving #long-term

I wish I could give you all the examples over the last two years as secretary of agriculture, where I hear people in rural America constantly being criticized, without any expression of appreciation for what they do do. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#america #any #appreciation #being #constantly

It's just different today. Nobody seems to last too long these days. I wouldn't know how to get started today. ↗

— Bobby Vinton

#different #get #how #i #just

In the last 17 years of his working life, my father was finally rewarded with having landed a great job as first, a maintenance engineer, and then a senior locksmith with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. ↗

— Tony Visconti

#engineer #father #federal #federal reserve #finally

Our last jam session was this past Christmas. Dad played his harmonica, mom sang in English and Italian, and I played guitar. I'm so happy that we could share that musical experience for one last time. ↗

— Tony Visconti

#could #dad #english #experience #guitar

That I've lasted is one of my greatest accomplishments. Maybe my greatest. ↗

— Lesley Visser

#greatest #i #lasted #maybe