#ow

I think people who write for kids, we have that ability to go back into our own lives. ↗

— Judy Blume

#back #go #i #i think #into

It's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. ↗

— Judy Blume

#fire #just #me #never #now

What I remember when I started to write was how I couldn't wait to get up in the morning to get to my characters. ↗

— Judy Blume

#get #how #i #i remember #morning

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power. ↗

— Clint Eastwood

#belt #both #efforts #firmly #leads

When I was growing up, I dreamed about becoming a cowgirl, a detective, a spy, a great actress, or a ballerina. Not a dentist, like my father, or a homemaker, like my mother - and certainly not a writer, although I always loved to read. ↗

— Judy Blume

#actress #although #always #ballerina #becoming

At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad and frustrating to watch the Republican establishment disgrace the exercise of democracy in our own House of Representatives. ↗

— Earl Blumenauer

#american soldiers #bringing #cause #democracy #disgrace

I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we - we own this country. We - we own it. It is not you owning it, and not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours. ↗

— Clint Eastwood

#employees #gentlemen #i #i think #important

After September 11, when the United States took action to overthrow the Taliban, our interests and Iran's aligned, and we were able to coordinate quietly but effectively. ↗

— Earl Blumenauer

#action #after #aligned #coordinate #effectively

As has been pointed out with Libya, the debate over Libya, sometimes we allow diplomatic relations with imperfect regimes because progress can best be made through engagement instead of isolation. ↗

— Earl Blumenauer

#because #been #best #debate #diplomatic

Mr. Speaker, in the years since we enacted our attack against Iraq, the threat from Iran has only grown more difficult, and our capacity to meet that threat actually has diminished. It is one of the reasons many of us opposed that action against Iraq. ↗

— Earl Blumenauer

#actually #against #attack #capacity #difficult