#lit

Studies have consistently shown that financial hardship is the biggest obstacle to heterosexual marriage, yet the Republican leadership has done precious little to help address the financial hardship faced by American families. ↗

— Kendrick Meek

#american #american families #biggest #biggest obstacle #consistently

I'm a grown woman and sometimes, I might be a little fat, you know? Am I alone there? Not really. ↗

— Leighton Meester

#am #fat #grown #i #know

The Coalition for International Justice estimated that 450,000 people in Darfur have died since the deadly genocide began some three years ago. ↗

— Kendrick Meek

#began #coalition #darfur #deadly #died

An expert is somebody who is more than 50 miles from home, has no responsibility for implementing the advice he gives, and shows slides. ↗

— Edwin Meese

#expert #gives #home #implementing #miles

I grew up reading 'Sense and Sensibility' and 'Pride and Prejudice' - girly kind of books. ↗

— Leighton Meester

#girly #grew #i #kind #prejudice

Though I acted in hundreds of productions, appeared at the Guthrie Theatre and on Broadway in Amadeus, I discovered in my thirties that I didn't really like stage acting. The presence of the audience, the eight shows a week and the possibility of a long run were all unnatural to me. ↗

— Fred Melamed

#acting #amadeus #appeared #audience #broadway

I'm your average Joe guy. I don't really care for politicians. ↗

— John Mellencamp

#care #guy #i #joe #politicians

When politicians use fear, they are playing into the enemy's hand. ↗

— John Mellencamp

#fear #hand #into #playing #politicians

These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness. ↗

— Anthony de Mello

#compassion #destroy #fearlessness #human #human race

It is a great mystery that though the human heart longs for Truth, in which alone it finds liberation and delight, the first reaction of human beings to Truth is one of hostility and fear! ↗

— Anthony de Mello

#beings #delight #fear #finds #first