#mines

I am the granddaughter of a Welsh coal miner who was determined that his kids get out of the mines. My dad got his first job when he was six years old, in a little village in Wales called Nantyffyllon, cleaning bottles at the Colliers Arms. ↗

— Ann Romney

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The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first generation in history that to a large extent determines its own destiny. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#control #dependent #destiny #determines #extent

A good bassist determines the direction of any band. ↗

— Ron Carter

#band #bassist #determines #direction #good

It is the unseen and the spiritual in people that determines the outward and the actual. ↗

— Oswald Chambers

#determines #outward #people #spiritual #unseen

Liberals are concerned about the concentration of wealth because it almost inevitably leads to a concentration of power that undermines democracy. ↗

— Robert Reich

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I think when money starts to corrupt journalism, it undermines the journalism, and it undermines the credibility of the product, and you end up not succeeding. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

#credibility #end #i #i think #journalism

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings. ↗

— William James

#blame #common #determines #does #environment

The conscious mind determines the actions, the unconscious mind determines the reactions; and the reactions are just as important as the actions. ↗

— E. Stanley Jones

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The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime. ↗

— Babe Ruth

#club #determines #dime #greatest #individual

We believe a renewed commitment to limited government will unshackle our economy and create millions of new jobs and opportunities for all people, of every background, to succeed and prosper. Under this approach, the spirit of initiative - not political clout - determines who succeeds. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#background #believe #clout #commitment #create