#nation

The elimination of the barbaric terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is good news for the world. ↗

— Spencer Bachus

#barbaric #elimination #good #good news #news

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#genius #nation #proverbs #spirit #their

I was working in corporate Canada and I was doing all right. But I was burnt out... Long hours, a lot of clients. I just wanted to get away. Track and field was sort of like the elimination thing. I just wanted to go and do something. Exercise my brain and my body and kind of gravitate to that. ↗

— Donovan Bailey

#body #brain #burnt #canada #clients

In fact, when you get right down to it, almost every explanation Man came up with for anything until about 1926 was stupid. ↗

— Dave Barry

#almost #anything #came #down #every

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#groups #individuals #insanity #nations #parties

And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

#creativity #enemy #everything #guts #imagination

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#attitude #choice #imagination #inspiration #life

It’s probably not just by chance that I’m alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me, unless he’s terribly strong. And if he’s stronger than I, I’m the one who can’t live with him. … I’m neither smart nor stupid, but I don’t think I’m a run-of-the-mill person. I’ve been in business without being a businesswoman, I’ve loved without being a woman made only for love. The two men I’ve loved, I think, will remember me, on earth or in heaven, because men always remember a woman who caused them concern and uneasiness. I’ve done my best, in regard to people and to life, without precepts, but with a taste for justice. ↗

— Coco Chanel

#bachelorhood #empowerment #freedom #independence #individuality

Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#inspirational #self-determination #change

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. ↗

— Coco Chanel

#dignity #empowerment #freedom #independence #individuality