#less

I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection. ↗

— Billy Joel

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We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions. ↗

— Gary Johnson

#budget #collapse #decisions #financial #financial collapse

It is a struggle; for though the black man fights passively, he nevertheless fights; and his passive resistance is more effective at present than active resistance could possibly be. He bears the fury of the storm as does the willow tree. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

#bears #black #could #does #effective

Little girls and boys, barefooted, walked up and down between the endless rows of spindles, reaching thin little hands into the machinery to repair snapped threads. ↗

— Mary Harris Jones

#down #endless #hands #into #little

I hate the noise and hurry inseparable from great Estates and Titles, and look upon both as blessings that ought only to be given to fools, for 'Tis only to them that they are blessings. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

#both #estates #fools #given #great

I don't often reread my own books, unless I am going into another in the series and need to refresh my mood when originating the concept. ↗

— Anne McCaffrey

#another #books #concept #going #i

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#aim #alarmed #endless #endless series #hence

Seven out of 10 Americans are one paycheck away from being homeless. ↗

— Pras Michel

#being #homeless #out #paycheck #seven

My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness. ↗

— Michelangelo

#find #heaven #loveliness #my soul #soul

In some ways the ACL tear was a blessing. I had hesitated to return to elite gymnastics after the 2008 Olympics. I told myself I had already accomplished so much, and the road was just going to get harder if I continued. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#accomplished #after #already #blessing #continued