#per

Nobody could tell us or really had a very good idea, if there were a massive release of radiation, what kind of medical treatment people were going to need and this or that, or, indeed, whether there would be medical personnel around. ↗

— William Scranton

#could #going #good #good idea #had

It's sad that the most glorious of sexual experiences can make us feel guilty, ashamed, embarrassed, and abnormal. ↗

— Sue Johanson

#ashamed #embarrassed #experiences #feel #glorious

If we experience any failures or setbacks, we do not forget them because they offend our self-esteem. Instead we reflect on them deeply, trying to figure out what went wrong and discern whether there are any patterns to our mistakes. ↗

— Robert Greene

#failures #forgetfulness #mistakes #offense #patterns

There is no earthly reason why a solo string instrument or voice, having the possibility to play or sing pure intonation, should want, or try, to be tempered. ↗

— Lara St. John

#having #instrument #intonation #play #possibility

If I was in love with someone, I would get their picture out of the school yearbook and do portraits. If I was curious about sex, I would draw pictures of it. There were no books for me to look at. Then I would go find my father's matches to burn the paper. ↗

— Lynn Johnston

#books #burn #curious #draw #father

The counterculture has nothing to do with Dolce & Gabbana having a 'Hippy Summer' or something. Street kids, and kids who want to live in any sort of counter-cultural experience other than what's being presented by the mainstream media or political climate, or 'normal' cultural climate, are never going to look like that. ↗

— Chris Robinson

#any #being #climate #cultural #experience

As soon as the news of the Cabot voyages reached the King of Portugal he arranged to send an expedition of discovery to the far north-west, perhaps to find a northern sea route to Eastern Asia. ↗

— Harry Johnston

#asia #discovery #eastern #expedition #far

Chosen motherhood is the real liberation. The choice to have a child makes the whole experience of motherhood different, and the choice to be generative in other ways can at last be made, and is being made by many women now, without guilt. ↗

— Betty Friedan

#experience

We must go out into a desert of some kind (your backyard will do) and come into a personal experience of the awesome love of God. ↗

— Brennan Manning

#love #experience

And my father was a comic. He could play any musical instrument. He loved to perform. He was a wonderfully comedic character. He had the ability to dance and sing and charm and analyze poetry. ↗

— Lynn Johnston

#analyze #any #character #charm #comedic