#nit

As soon as he was gone, we opened, "Baucis and Philemon." An elderly couple living in a cottage, they're granted a wish by Jove. They confer in private before Philemon asks, "May one hour take us both away; let neither outlive the other." The wish is granted. I said, "Simultaneous deaths? Why didn't they wish for eternal happiness instead? What else would anyone wish for?" "They did wish for that," answered Jamie. ↗

— David Guterson

#love #wish #death

The committee's work is not about whether or how we should pay reparations. That was never the intent nor will the payment of reparations be the outcome. This is an effort designed to involve the campus community in a discovery of the meaning of our past. ↗

— Ruth J. Simmons

#campus #committee #community #designed #discovery

The Smithsonian Institute is one of the most popular agencies of government in the United States. ↗

— Norm Dicks

#government #institute #most #popular #smithsonian

Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#discretion #else #every #every man #forget

I am definitely a person of color. ↗

— Vin Diesel

#color #definitely #i #i am #person

When all is said and done, the real citadel of strength of any community is in the hearts and minds and desires of those who dwell there. ↗

— Everett Dirksen

#citadel #community #desires #done #dwell

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#forego #important #important thing #know #knowing

There are alternate definitions of manhood in the West. ↗

— Frank Dobson

#definitions #manhood #west

Green-tech could be the largest economic opportunity of the 21st Century. ↗

— John Doerr

#century #could #economic #economic opportunity #largest

That's how we do it in the black community; we give back to the people who made us who we are. We never forget that. ↗

— Snoop Dogg

#black #black community #community #forget #give