#livin

Not a living thing was to be seen and the cottages that sat huddled close to the ground remained fast shut; the smoke from the chimneys alone still gave a sign of life. ↗

— Stijn Streuvels

#chimneys #close #fast #gave #ground

Labor Day is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race or nation. ↗

— Samuel Gompers

#dead #devoted #labor #labor day #living

Hey, man, I toss a stick for a living. Gotta spice up that deal, y'know. Gotta stand out. ↗

— Breaux Greer

#gotta #hey #i #know #living

Living creatively is really important to maintain throughout your life. And living creatively doesn't mean only artistic creativity, although that's part of it. It means being yourself, not just complying with the wishes of other people. ↗

— Matt Groening

#artistic #being #being yourself #creatively #creativity

I wonder what it means about American literary culture and its transmission when I consider the number of American poets who earn their living teaching creative writing in universities. I've ended up doing that myself. ↗

— Marilyn Hacker

#american #consider #creative #creative writing #culture

Everything the human being heard from the beginning, saw with its eyes, looked upon and touched with its hands was a living word; for God was the word. ↗

— Johann Georg Hamann

#being #everything #eyes #god #hands

President George W. Bush is the first American president to call openly for two-states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#american president #bush #call #first #george

Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#command #duty #gives #humiliated #imposes

Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#atrophy #conqueror #gained #giving #goods

It's a life's journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else. ↗

— Mariska Hargitay

#everyone #finding #journey #life #living