#pee

In our generation, the role models were Gandhi and Nehru. We revered them. They were venerated personalities. I read almost every speech of Nehru. ↗

— Pranab Mukherjee

#every #gandhi #generation #i #models

Team sports aren't my thing. I find it easier to pick something up if I can do it at my own speed. And you don't need a partner to go running, you don't need a particular place, like in tennis, just a pair of trainers. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#find #go #i #i can #just

I was the first in my peer group to get pregnant. All I craved was reassurance. I needed someone to tell me that all the seemingly random symptoms I had - weird things, such as excess saliva - were normal. And I was worried because I wasn't getting any morning sickness. ↗

— Heidi Murkoff

#because #craved #excess #first #get

Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect - freedom of thought and freedom of action. ↗

— Frank Murphy

#aspect #double #freedom #freedom of religion #freedom of speech

The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue. ↗

— Edward R. Murrow

#also #behold #communications #distribution #information

Obama has become too dependent on formal speeches and set town halls. His idea of mixing it up is taking off his jacket. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#dependent #formal #halls #his #idea

We'll try and be very aggressive, we'll try and speed up and change gears, and we'll see who's going to win. ↗

— Rafael Nadal

#change #gears #going #see #speed

The spread of civilisation may be likened to a fire; first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power. ↗

— Nikola Tesla

#civilisation #ever #feeble #fire #first

If I had been censured every time I have run my ship, or fleets under my command, into great danger, I should have long ago been out of the Service and never in the House of Peers. ↗

— Horatio Nelson

#been #censured #command #danger #every

Quite likely the twentieth century is destined to see the natural forces which will enable us to fly from continent to continent with a speed far exceeding that of a bird. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

#century #continent #destined #enable #exceeding