#passing

In the year 1857, passing through Washington on our return from the annual visit to Philadelphia, I had the distinguished honor of visiting a President for the first time. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

#distinguished #first #first time #had #honor

A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain? ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#awe-inspiring #clearly #far #far away #friend

It had an enormous impact to the point of the United Nations passing a resolution against the killing and hunting of these whales as they are an endangered species. This was a documentary on the plight of the whales. ↗

— Wavy Gravy

#documentary #endangered #endangered species #enormous #had

Time is not a thing, thus nothing which is, and yet it remains constant in its passing away without being something temporal like the beings in time. ↗

— Martin Heidegger

#being #beings #constant #like #nothing

Arizona faces many challenges ahead. None is more important or more pressing than passing a new state budget. ↗

— Jane D. Hull

#arizona #budget #challenges #faces #important

I am Ecuadorian but people felt so safe passing me off as a skinny, blue-eyed white girl. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#blue-eyed #felt #girl #i #i am

Told that the passing grade is a B or competence and that we will help you to get there, students do competent work. The lowest passing grade in the real world is competence. Why do schools accept so much less? ↗

— William Glasser

#competence #competent #get #grade #help

In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman. ↗

— Nancy Astor

#also #blame #chance #first #first time

There has been so much power concentrated. There is no leash on that power anymore and Americans face the situation that this power is getting momentum with each passing year with each presidency. ↗

— James Bovard

#been #concentrated #each #face #getting

Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth... suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully. ↗

— Julie Burchill

#easier #fame #gracefully #growing #growing old