#mis

In fiction, too, after the death of Cooper the main tendency for nearly a generation was away from the conquest of new borders to the closer cultivation, east of the Mississippi, of ground already marked. ↗

— Carl Clinton Van Doren

#already #away #borders #closer #conquest

I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding. ↗

— Rita Dove

#am #arts #comes #federal #federal funding

Mission accomplished, we didn't have any problems as far as violence goes. ↗

— Dr. Dre

#any #as far as #far #goes #mission

Let us lose none of their humble words, let us note their slightest gestures, and tell me, tell me that we will think of them together, now and later, when we realise the misery of the times and the magnitude of their sacrifice. ↗

— Georges Duhamel

#humble #later #let us #lose #magnitude

Education is the transmission of civilization. ↗

— Will Durant

#civilization #transmission

And like everybody else, I like the Rocky movies, but if you look at them again you can see all the misses, but the intensity of it, but that wasn't what this is. ↗

— Charles S. Dutton

#else #everybody #everybody else #i #intensity

My optimism for life carried through my work. ↗

— John Dyer

#life #optimism #through #work

It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission. ↗

— Grace Hopper

#ask #easier #often #permission #than

There was a stool there, and some fella kept asking me if I wanted to sit down. When I saw the stool sitting there, it gave me the idea. I'll just put the stool out there and I'll talk to Mr. Obama and ask him why he didn't keep all of the promises he made to everybody. ↗

— Clint Eastwood

#asking #down #everybody #fella #gave

If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize than it is to get permission. ↗

— Grace Hopper

#apologize #easier #get #go #good