#other

My son was born somewhat late in my life and I just found myself really feeling like I didn't want to miss out on being a parent and being with him, and not wanting a situation where I was constantly pulled back and forth between being present, and having all these other pressures and considerations. ↗

— Karen Allen

#being #between #born #considerations #constantly

A skilled Transition Team leader will set the general goals for a Transition, and then confer on the other team leaders working with him the power to implement those goals. ↗

— Richard V. Allen

#general #goals #him #implement #leader

The 'transition' involves the transfer of power from one president to another. In recent times, the incoming President has designated a Director of the Transition, a team leader, to oversee and administer the orderly transfer of power. ↗

— Richard V. Allen

#another #designated #director #incoming #involves

There are, of course, all sorts of other unpleasant regimes outside the walls as well - the military dictators of Latin America and the apartheid regime of South Africa. ↗

— Barbara Amiel

#america #apartheid #course #dictators #latin

I sometimes feel that more lousy dishes are presented under the banner of pate than any other. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

#banner #dishes #feel #i #lousy

I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I can't tell you is that the purpose of a poem is to go past telling, to be recognised by burning. ↗

— A. R. Ammons

#burning #comes #go #i #man

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might. ↗

— Marian Anderson

#down #him #hold #keep #long

Whenever you have two characters in a book, whether it's a novel or nonfiction, you run the risk that the reader is going to like one more than the other. They're going to read one chapter and say, 'I can't wait to get back to the other guy.' ↗

— Mitch Albom

#book #chapter #characters #get #going

I do believe that in order to be a successful negotiator that as a diplomat, you have to be able to put yourself into the other person's shoes. Unless you can understand what is motivating them, you are never going to be able to figure out how to solve a particular problem. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#believe #diplomat #figure #going #how

The difference between humans and other mammals is that we know how to accessorize. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#difference #how #humans #know #mammals