#lives

In the games of queens and kings, we leave our dreams at the door and we make do with what we have. Sometimes if we’re fortunate, we still manage to have a good life. ↗

— Melina Marchetta

#kings #lives #loss #queens #rulership

Who are we really? Combinations of common chemicals that perform mechanical actions for a few years before crumbling back into the original components? Fresh new souls, drawn at random for some celestial cupboard where God keeps an unending supply? Or the same soul, immortal and eternal, refurbished and reused through endless lives, by that thrifty Housekeeper? In Her wisdom and benevolence She wipes off the memory slates, as part of the cleaning process, because if we could remember all the things we have experienced in earlier lives, we might object to risking it again. ↗

— Barbara Michaels

#past-lives #experience

The work completed during the special session was just the beginning. During those six days we lit a spark that will positively impact the lives of our children and grandchildren, but the full fire is yet to come. ↗

— Joe Manchin III

#children #come #completed #days #during

Man lives in a world of meaning. ↗

— George H. Mead

#man #man lives #meaning #world

Too many lives are needed to make just one. ↗

— Eugenio Montale

#just one #lives #make #many #needed

The Iraqi people are living better lives now than three year ago, no longer living in fear. ↗

— Tim Murphy

#better #fear #iraqi #iraqi people #lives

Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self. ↗

— B. R. Ambedkar

#being #born #development #does #drop

Teachers are unparalleled in the role they play in children's lives. ↗

— Jon Porter

#lives #play #role #teachers #unparalleled

There are movies where we are interested in seeing people's lives without agreeing with what they're doing. ↗

— Natalie Portman

#doing #interested #lives #movies #people

We reserve our deepest respect and admiration for those who volunteer for service and give their lives to help keep our nation secure. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#deepest #give #help #keep #lives