#make

Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace. ↗

— Reinhold Niebuhr

#embarked #equally #indeed #make #martial

To me it seems that too many young women of this time share the same creed. 'Live, laugh, love, be nothing but happy, experience everything, et cetera et cetera.' How monotonous, how useless this becomes. What about the honors of Joan of Arc, Beauvoir, Stowe, Xena, Princess Leia, or women that would truly fight for something other than just their own emotions? ↗

— Criss Jami

#beauvoir #emotion #et-cetera #etc #etcetera

I have one life and one chance to make it count for something... My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#make-a-difference #meaning #faith

We're given the springboard of the text, a plane ticket, told to report to Alabama, and there's a group of people all ready to make a film and it's a marvelous life. ↗

— Albert Finney

#film #given #group #life #make

Consider the fact that maybe…just maybe…beauty and worth aren’t found in a makeup bottle, or a salon-fresh hairstyle, or a fabulous outfit. Maybe our sparkle comes from somewhere deeper inside, somewhere so pure and authentic and REAL, it doesn’t need gloss or polish or glitter to shine. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#authenticity #beauty #being-fabulous #being-yourself #fabulous

We had to make ends meet. My parents were divorced, so my father wasn't really in my life. We grew up like most kids, just wanting things. ↗

— Jeffrey Donovan

#ends #father #grew #had #just

it was very important business. Negotiations for a cease-fire between warring parties." David rolled his eyes. "You could just say makeup sex. ↗

— Dianne Sylvan

#deven #makeup-sex #business

Status quos are made to be broken. ↗

— Ray Davis

#make-a-difference #status-quo #change

The word poet literally means maker: anything which is not well made doesn't exist. ↗

— Theophile Gautier

#exist #literally #made #maker #means

It's definitely an intrinsic part of my makeup that makes me want to see black when everyone else is seeing white. ↗

— Shirley Manson

#definitely #else #everyone #intrinsic #makes