#members

The denominational world tries to pressure its members to focus on the birth of Christ, but in doing so layers of guilt are imposed, and competition gets complicated as one Christmas program tries to outdo the other. ↗

— John Clayton

#christ #christmas #competition #complicated #denominational

Like millions of others, I have been plagued by the devastating effects of cancer hitting not one, but multiple members of my family. ↗

— Tom DeLonge

#cancer #devastating #effects #family #hitting

I catch myself judging myself as that 13-year-old boy, who, of course, rightfully points out that he is only a child. And my membership - well, I was drafted into the Waffen-SS and didn't exactly volunteer, which was just as idiotic. I wanted to be on the submarines and then ended up with the Waffen-SS. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#catch #child #course #drafted #ended

My brother Jim and I spent many wonderful summers working on dairy farms in Wisconsin owned by Mom's cousins, and as members of our local Boy Scout troop. ↗

— Peter Agre

#boy scout #brother #cousins #dairy #farms

National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media, would do well not to take such criticism personally but to regard the media as their allies in keeping the government clean and honest, its services. ↗

— Corazon Aquino

#clean #criticism #criticisms #find #government

Rarely do members of the same family grow up under the same roof. ↗

— Richard Bach

#grow #grow up #members #rarely #roof

For many members of Congress, the time for choosing is near - do what the party leadership demands, or do what the people have asked you to do. If my colleagues don't mind some advice from a newcomer, I'd suggest going with the will of the people. ↗

— Scott Brown

#asked #choosing #colleagues #congress #demands

Jackson, however, persevered. He joined the Franklin Debating Society, an institution that had been in existence over fifty years, and had enrolled in its membership some of the ablest men in Virginia. ↗

— Daniel H. Hill

#been #debating #enrolled #existence #fifty

As Members of Congress, we should not be using public office for private gain. ↗

— Sheila Jackson Lee

#gain #members #office #private #public

I think family is very important in West Virginia and has long been so because the mountains made travel difficult in the past, and family members had to depend on each other. ↗

— David Selby

#been #depend #difficult #each #family