#na

In addressing a task, one almost always has several possible options, sometimes only a few, and they may all be practical and functional. But they lack the aesthetic aspect that raises it to architecture. ↗

— Arne Jacobsen

#aesthetic #almost #always #architecture #aspect

Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#governments #international #international law #law #mandated

I used to make up names when I used to catalog my stuff. ↗

— Richard D. James

#i #make #make up #names #stuff

Jump or stay in the boat. ↗

— Margaret Stohl

#decisions #ethan-wate #lena-duchannes #beauty

A real democracy would be a meritocracy where those born in the lower ranks could rise as far as their natural talents and discipline might take them. ↗

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

#inspirational #education

It's true that this year, following my accident in the pre-season, I kind of lost morale and I felt like quitting at the end of this year. But today I can say that I want to be a professional bike rider in the year 2003 as well. ↗

— Laurent Jalabert

#bike #end #felt #following #i

If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door. ↗

— William James

#god #grace #miraculously #operates #probably

You've got a big, big problem if you get caught up in what people say. If you're gonna live for what people say, you might as well lay down and forget it. Because it doesn't work that way. ↗

— Ahmad Jamal

#big #big problem #caught #down #forget

A dislike of death is no proof of the want of religion. The instincts of nature shrink from it, for no creature can like its own dissolution. But though death is not desired, the result of it may be, for dying to the Christian is the way to life eternal. ↗

— William Jay

#creature #death #desired #dislike #dissolution

In most of the European countries - France stands out in its resistance to this particular form of American cultural imperialism - the national film industries were forced onto the defensive after the war by such binding agreements. ↗

— Fredric Jameson

#agreements #american #binding #countries #cultural