#nation

Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#authors #because #books #booksellers #destination

I'm also interested in the modern suggestion that you can have a combination of love and sex in a marriage - which no previous society has ever believed. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#believed #combination #ever #i #interested

We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will. Incredible. The Life Force experimenting with forms. You for one. Me for another. The Universe has shouted itself alive. We are one of the shouts. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#another #experimenting #force #forms #imagination

Laura Bush is the same way. I mean, they both, um, understand, they understand the challenges of the moment and understand the responsibilities, he understands the responsibilities he has to protect the national security of America as well as the economic security of America. ↗

— Donald Evans

#both #bush #challenges #economic #economic security

It has never been, and never will be easy work! But the road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination. ↗

— Marion Zimmer Bradley

#both #built #despair #destination #easy

Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business; in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts. ↗

— Hans Eysenck

#diplomacy #even #facts #fine #international

I have this massive love for the whole culture of pop music. It's my fascination, my ongoing passion. ↗

— Siobhan Fahey

#fascination #i #love #massive #music

Here at Carolina, our World Cup opponents marked their calendars. Obviously the other nations wanted to win every game, but a big upset over the U.S. was something we knew other teams would cherish. ↗

— Lorrie Fair

#calendars #carolina #cherish #cup #every

The Danish glee: the national version of cheerfulness. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#danish #glee #national #version

If my soccer career were over, I would still come here because of the people. And despite the fact I've had to skip some school for National Team purposes, I am looking forward to holding that Carolina degree as soon as I can get my hands on it. ↗

— Lorrie Fair

#because #career #carolina #come #degree