#lock

The government has convinced parents that at some point it's no longer their responsibility. And in fact, they force them, in many respects, to turn their children over to the public education system and wrest control from them and block them out of participation of that. That has to change or education will not improve in this country. ↗

— Rick Santorum

#change #children #control #convinced #country

The thread of will-they-or-won't-they was the real driver of every word and glance and shift of body. So...this was a date, Blay thought. A subtextual negotiation slipcovered in talk of books read and music enjoyed. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#blaylock #jr-ward #lover-mine #saxton #dating

I've carried a gun for 10 years. I've carried them in the locker room, and nobody really knows about it. I know how to handle myself, and I stow it away where nobody really knows about it. ↗

— Luke Scott

#away #carried #gun #handle #how

When I walk through that gate to the court, that's my escape. I block out everything, good and bad. ↗

— Maria Sharapova

#block #court #escape #everything #gate

It's all right to love someone who doesn't love you back, as long as they're worth you loving them. As long as they deserve it. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#sophie-collins #love

Before I had crossed the threshold of my church I was made to realize that I was shepherd of a divided flock. ↗

— Anna Howard Shaw

#church #crossed #divided #flock #had

He was not my boyfriend. On the other hand, he wasn't just a friend either. Instead, our relationship was elastic, stretching between those two extremes depending on who else was around, how much either of us had to drink, and other varying factors. This was exactly what I wanted, as commitments had never really been my thing. And it wasn't like it was hard, either. The only trick was never giving more than you were willing to lose. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#lock-and-key #love #love

From my big beautiful warlock brain, welcome to 'Sheen's Korner' ... You're either in my corner, or you're with the trolls. ↗

— Charlie Sheen

#big #brain #corner #either #sheen

We have a certain group of people in this country that seem to want to lock up our national treasures, our national parks, and cherished places and keep the public from enjoying them. ↗

— Don Sherwood

#cherished #country #enjoying #group #keep

The thing about hip-hop is that it's from the underground, ideas from the underbelly, from people who have mostly been locked out, who have not been recognized. ↗

— Russell Simmons

#been #hip-hop #ideas #locked #mostly