#mini

I don't really have special rituals, but I don't try to write fiction unless I have a minimum of a few hours. For me, it takes a while to settle into a mode where I'm truly concentrating. ↗

— Curtis Sittenfeld

#few #fiction #hours #i #into

During the 2000 election, the current administration told our military, help is on the way. That is clearly not the case. The administration has failed to request the funds needed for the defense of this Nation. We must give the Army what it needs. ↗

— Ike Skelton

#army #case #clearly #current #current administration

And I'm hoping that over the next 20, 50 years, whatever, the mystique of television and film and all that will diminish somewhat, and people will leave us alone to get on with our jobs. ↗

— Erika Slezak

#diminish #film #get #hoping #i

It is manifestly vital to the success of the anti-slavery cause, that the authority and influence of proslavery, especially of slaveholding, ministers should be destroyed. ↗

— Gerrit Smith

#cause #destroyed #especially #influence #manifestly

I know the world is hungry for good ministry. ↗

— James Green Somerville

#hungry #i #know #ministry #world

Whatever diminishes life is evil, and whatever enhances life is good. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

#enhances #evil #good #life #whatever

Just a few short years ago in the year 2000, the last full fiscal year of the Clinton administration, this country was running a surplus of $236 billion. ↗

— John Spratt

#ago #billion #clinton #clinton administration #country

We developed during the 1990s a series of budget process rules that helped us bring to heel these deficits, diminishing every year and moving the budget so into surplus. ↗

— John Spratt

#budget #deficits #developed #diminishing #during

The administration's reckless plan doesn't do one thing to ensure the long term security of social security, rather it undermines our economy. We need a budget and a fiscal policy that reflects the values and interests of America and restores fiscal discipline. ↗

— Debbie Stabenow

#america #budget #discipline #economy #ensure

It's not my responsibility to be beautiful. I'm not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me. ↗

— Warsan Shire

#existence #feminism #self-esteem #beauty