#nation

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#self-determination #person

Before the math and the momentum overwhelm us all, we are going to solve this nation's economic problems. And I'm going to level with you: We don't have that much time. But if we are serious, and smart, and we lead, we can do this. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#economic #economic problems #going #i #lead

A standard international language should not only be simple, regular, and logical, but also rich and creative. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#creative #international #international language #language #logical

No important national language, at least in the Occidental world, has complete regularity of grammatical structure, nor is there a single logical category which is adequately and consistently handled in terms of linguistic symbolism. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#category #complete #consistently #grammatical #handled

I think I'm an actor because I have very strong imagination and empathy. I never studied acting, but those two qualities are exactly the qualities that make for an activist. ↗

— Susan Sarandon

#activist #actor #because #empathy #exactly

That is what has happened to the United States in the international economic scene. We have deteriorated into a debtor status so that we are now dependent upon the kindness of strangers. That is not where the world's leading power should find itself. ↗

— Paul Sarbanes

#dependent #deteriorated #economic #find #happened

Why go now? That is the question people asked when I announced I was retiring. A combination of things made me feel it was all drawing to a natural end. ↗

— Graeme Le Saux

#asked #combination #drawing #end #feel

Our national security is at risk when we rely on foreign oil to keep our economy moving forward. ↗

— Bill Shuster

#foreign #foreign oil #forward #keep #moving

We need a stronger national voice for social workers which leads to a change in how the profession is viewed and its ability to represent itself to other professional bodies and with central government. ↗

— Andy Sawford

#bodies #central #central government #change #government

I'd rather die my way than live yours. ↗

— Lauren Oliver

#lena-holoway #self-determination #self-reliance #die