#nation

Muhammad could take a very good punch. He was slick, he could move, he could hit, make you miss, good hand speed and combinations and one of the greatest fighters of all time in my opinion. ↗

— Larry Holmes

#could #fighters #good #greatest #hand

We have not yet reached the goal but... we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of the day when poverty shall be banished from this nation. ↗

— Herbert Hoover

#day #goal #god #help #nation

Nationally, overwhelmingly non-white schools receive $1,000 less per pupil than overwhelmingly white schools. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#nationally #overwhelmingly #per #pupil #receive

And you prate of the wealth of nations, as if it were bought and sold, The wealth of nations is men, not silk and cotton and gold. ↗

— Richard Hovey

#cotton #gold #men #nations #prate

The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

#away #beautiful #block #chipping #elimination

Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public. ↗

— Epictetus

#character #determine #example #follow #imagine

I learned easily and had time to follow my inclination for sports (light athletics and skiing) and chemistry, which I taught myself by reading all textbooks I could get. ↗

— Robert Huber

#chemistry #could #easily #follow #get

Occasionally, in the stillness of a taxi or an airplane, she would catalog the pleasures she had lost. Cigarettes. Chewing gum. Strong mint toothpaste. Any food with hard edges or sharp corners that could pierce or abrade the inside of her mouth: potato chips, croutons, crunchy peanut butter. Any food that was more than infinitesimally, protozoically, spicy or tangy or salty or acidic: pesto or Worcestershire sauce, wasabi or anchovies, tomato juice or movie-theater popcorn. Certain pamphlets and magazines whose paper carried a caustic wafting chemical scent she could taste as she turned the pages. Perfume. Incense. Library books. Long hours of easy conversation. The ability to lick an envelope without worrying that the glue had irritated her mouth. The knowledge that if she heard a song she liked, she could sing along to it in all her dreadful jubilant tunelessness. The faith that if she bit her tongue, she would soon feel better rather than worse. ↗

— Kevin Brockmeier

#pain #faith

Our true nationality is mankind. ↗

— H. G. Wells

#nationality #our #true

I have six sisters and two beautiful daughters - that's eight women who mean the world to me. I support the Entertainment Industry Foundation and Lee National Denim Day because they fund programs that are making huge strides in breast cancer research and support. ↗

— Felicity Huffman

#because #breast cancer #cancer #daughters #day