#loc

It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#behind #common #common good #concentration #decisions

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom. ↗

— George Washington Carver

#door #freedom #golden #key #unlock

Delaware State has established itself as an institution of excellence in its own right and attracts a diversity of students from various races, socio-economic status and locations. ↗

— Michael N. Castle

#delaware #delaware state #diversity #established #excellence

Think of all the beauty still left in the world and be happy. ↗

— Anne Frank

#beauty #happy #holocaust #inspirational #life

It had a very long pendulum,and the pendulum swung with a slow tick-tock that set his teeth on edge,because it was the kind of deliberate annoying ticking that wanted to make it abundantly clear that every tick and every tock was stripping another second off your life. It was the kind of sound that suggested very pointedly that in some hypothetical hourglass somewhere,another few grains of sand had dropped out form under you. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#death #death

If I told you I’ve worked hard to get where I’m at, I’d be lying, because I have no idea where I am right now. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#dedication #funny #hard-work #idea #location

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#continuous #effort #intelligence #key #our

If there is a ground zero in the cultural wars, it is Missouri, a state where pro-life groups are strong and well organized and their agenda dominates local politics. ↗

— Eleanor Clift

#cultural #dominates #ground #ground zero #groups

When I think about the world I would like to leave to my daughter and the grandchildren I hope to have, it is a world that moves away from unequal, unstable, unsustainable interdependence to integrated communities - locally, nationally and globally - that share the characteristics of all successful communities. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#away #characteristics #communities #daughter #globally

We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it. ↗

— Tennessee Williams

#call #department #down #fire #house