#opt

Through F1, I bought my own boat. I learned to fly my own plane and helicopter. And my job with my company is a reflection of everything motor racing taught me. ↗

— Nelson Piquet

#bought #company #everything #f1 #fly

All I wanted to do was please my adopted family. ↗

— Reese Hoffa

#family #i #please #wanted

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom. ↗

— Plato

#best #character #depends #everything #happily

I have had the good fortune to see how my articles have directly benefited some farmers and helped build markets for their products in a way that preserves land from development. That makes me a hopeless optimist. ↗

— Michael Pollan

#benefited #build #development #directly #farmers

Things are going to get better. Be optimistic. ↗

— Bob Dole

#get #going #optimistic #things

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. ↗

— Colin Powell

#force #multiplier #optimism #perpetual

As comfortable as I was with my adoption, the nature-versus-nurture question has been a big one for me. I adore my parents, but I always wondered if I would feel a different kind of love-not more or less, just different-for someone who was biologically related. ↗

— Emily Procter

#adore #always #been #big #biologically

And you know when I was growing up, I knew I wanted to have kids, but I knew I didn't want to do it alone. Then once I was 41, 42, I had to accept that I probably wouldn't have kids unless I decided to adopt later on, but even then it would be with a partner. ↗

— Rachel Dratch

#adopt #alone #decided #even #growing

When you're in the position I'm in, you have two options: you can either shut yourself off from everybody, from the world, and not live a full life. Or you welcome everybody into your life and occasionally somebody will try to take advantage. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#either #everybody #full #i #into

I have no idea what the U.S. intends to do further there and what would be the reaction of the Iraqi people. I only know that the sole option is to leave Iraq to the Iraqi people. ↗

— Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

#i #idea #intends #iraq #iraqi