#pair

Thousands of people may have been killed by hurricane Katrina and many more could die in its aftermath because of the President's refusal to heed the calls of governors for help in repairing the infrastructure in their states. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#because #been #calls #could #die

The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair. ↗

— Herbert Read

#belief #characteristic #despair #political #positive

When I listen to what I did under the influence - 10 years of work - I don't think it either enhanced or impaired me. It didn't have that much to do with it. ↗

— Keith Richards

#either #enhanced #i #impaired #influence

Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair. ↗

— Ieyasu Tokugawa

#discontent #imperfection #inconvenience #lot #mortals

What will break me into a million pieces so that I am beyond repair, beyond usefulness? ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#break-me #chapter- #katniss

A system is in equilibrium when the forces constituting it are arranged in such a way as to compensate each other, like the two weights pulling at the arms of a pair of scales. ↗

— Rudolf Arnheim

#arranged #compensate #constituting #each #equilibrium

At school, I basically wear one pair of jeans and sneakers for months on end. ↗

— Jordana Brewster

#end #i #jeans #months #pair

We define only out of despair, we must have a formula... to give a facade tot he void. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#despair #facade #formula #give #must

When you're single and in your 20s, you throw on a pair of jeans and look fabulous. ↗

— Sheena Easton

#jeans #look #pair #single #throw

Law is born from despair of human nature. ↗