#nu

The idea of a belt holding my pants up seems so 20th century. Imagine a world where your pants are held high by your self-esteem. But it’s a silly notion, really, because in a world such as that, nobody would even wear pants.
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— Jarod Kintz

#idea #imagine #nudity #pants #self-esteem

The snow continues with high winds we remain at this camp to day in consequence of the weather. ↗

— William Henry Ashley

#consequence #continues #day #high #remain

Many more villagers, who have seen an elephant for the first time in their lives, give absurd exaggerations regarding his size, weight, and height. One of them describes him as ‘a fundament!’. Another, elaborating, alludes to the term ‘firmament,’ because of the elephant’s hugeness. He felt as though the sky was obliterated from his vision. The last to be interviewed by the local TV station swears that he sensed the world lean forward as the elephant came closer and tilt backwards as the beast walked away. This large mammal ambles purposefully. He pays no heed to the crowded silence following him in stealthy consciousness. One of the villagers, a woman often suspected of dabbling in witchcraft, talks of her inspired theory: that this was no elephant, more like a human on a holy mission of avenging justice. Two other witnesses, neither having had any contact with the woman, speak in substantiation of the woman’s claims, giving as evidence the observation that the elephant turned around when someone said something in Somali. Several villagers will not comment, afraid of a fitting retribution should they do so. ↗

— Nuruddin Farah

#secrets #inspirational

Do we want in this nation to lose the backbone of manufacturing in this country? Do we want to be a nation that doesn't want to manufacture anything? ↗

— Jennifer M. Granholm

#backbone #country #lose #manufacture #manufacturing

The American press has the blues. Too many authorities have assured it that its days are numbered, too many good newspapers are in ruins. ↗

— Russell Baker

#assured #authorities #blues #days #good

I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them ↗

— Mark Haddon

#prime-numbers #life

Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations. ↗

— Herbert Spencer

#continuous #external #internal #life #relations

Don't you wish you had a job like mine? All you have to do is think up a certain number of words! Plus, you can repeat words! And they don't even have to be true! ↗

— Dave Barry

#certain #even #had #job #like

It starts with a single sound. If there's something in that sound, then it's worth continuing. ↗

— Steve Lacy

#single #something #sound #starts #then

People may laugh at what I do but am not perturbed. My work is to add value to lives. I will keep living my dreams so that by the time my mortal body may stop working, I will remain immortally relevant to generations to come. ↗

— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

#dream #goal #higherlife-coach #ifeanyi-enoch-onuoha #vision