#own

We may feel the pain of falling back from a level of affluence to which we have grown accustomed, but most people in developed countries are still, by historical standards, extraordinarily well off. ↗

— Peter Singer

#affluence #back #countries #developed #developed countries

Protectionism is a very real danger. It is understandable that in times of a severe downturn protectionist pressures mount but the lessons of history are clear. If we give in to protectionist pressures, we will only send the world into a downward spiral. ↗

— Manmohan Singh

#danger #downturn #downward #give #history

It's very important that you focus on winning games and being consistent down the stretch. I think that's what we're focused on. All of the other stuff about who wins and who loses and how many wins do we need, if we're focusing on that, then that's not good. ↗

— Mike Singletary

#being #consistent #down #focus #focused

But if I really want to produce my own work and tell stories, then I will. ↗

— Bill Sienkiewicz

#my own #own #produce #really #stories

I could wake up six in the morning, go downstairs and record. I learned how to use ProTools and everything. Whenever I felt it, I could record. ↗

— Beanie Sigel

#downstairs #everything #felt #go #how

A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is one who has cares but doesn't let them get her down. ↗

— Beverly Sills

#cheerful #down #get #happy #her

Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice person on the way to someplace else. Your completeness must be understood by you and experienced in your thoughts as your own personal reality. ↗

— Beverly Sills

#apprentice #complete #completeness #else #everything

I think the fact is that World Coming Down was just a really hard album for people to deal with. ↗

— Josh Silver

#coming #deal #down #fact #hard

But I think, and hope, that the novels can be understood and enjoyed as science fiction, on their own terms. ↗

— Dan Simmons

#fiction #hope #i #i think #novels

It started 25 years ago, when I was teaching elementary school in a small town in Missouri. ↗

— Dan Simmons

#elementary #elementary school #i #missouri #school