#owe

We lived in the bowels of New York City. It was a struggle just to survive. This nice suburban kid hadn't had to do much of that before. ↗

— Peter Bergman

#bowels #city #had #hadn #just

Elections determine who is in power, but they do not determine how power is used. ↗

— Paul Collier

#elections #power #elections

What! Would I be turned back from doing a thing that I had determined to do, and that I knew to be right, by the airs and interference of such a person, or any person I may say? No, I have no idea of being so easily persuaded. When I have made up my mind, I have made it. ↗

— Jane Austen

#empowerment #independence #interference #judgment #persuasion

Once upon a time in the land of Shinar, God came down to see the city and the tower. People were united and spoke in one language. Then God confound their language and caused them scattered all over the planet earth. I believe, because of our technology, there will be one computer-based language on earth. Then God will come back again and make us all scattered all over the stars constellation. ↗

— Toba Beta

#earth #god #history #life #man

However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him. ↗

— Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

#always #big #bigger #fool #him

Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

#come #dream #dreams #his #into

Seriously, however, I learn a lot about my physical life in the aging and changing of my body. ↗

— Malcolm Boyd

#aging #body #changing #however #i

I learned with 'The Beach' that I'm a bit better lower down the radar. ↗