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I'm talking about those novels where the characters aren't really interesting and you don't care about them or anything they care about. It's those books I won't read anymore. There's too much else to read--books about people and things that matter, books about life and death. ↗

— Will Schwalbe

#characters #death #life #reading #death

I resent Washington telling states, or the residents of those states, what to do and what to think. ↗

— Luis Fortuno

#resent #residents #states #telling #think

I think there is a lot of fat in the government. ↗

— Luis Fortuno

#government #i #i think #lot #think

In doing what I'm doing, you have to be sensitive to the fact that you're not dealing with numbers, you're dealing with people. And I will continue to be sensitive to that. ↗

— Luis Fortuno

#dealing #doing #fact #i #numbers

When I came into office, I could have kicked the can down the road for a little while, or I could do the right thing. ↗

— Luis Fortuno

#could #do the right thing #down #down the road #i

So, yes, there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies. ↗

— Jodie Foster

#directors #i #i love #listening #love

When you reach that elite level, 90 percent is mental and 10 percent is physical. You are competing against yourself. Not against the other athlete. ↗

— Dick Fosbury

#athlete #competing #elite #level #mental

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. ↗

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

#life #love #releases

Any creator owes a debt to past creation. ↗

— Lukas Foss

#creation #creator #debt #owes #past

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled. ↗

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

#endure #how #life #merely #much