#peri

Most previous immigrants came to the United States to become Americans, with no intention of returning home. They relinquished their ties with their homeland. English was their key to prosperity, and they worked hard to master it. ↗

— John Shadegg

#came #english #hard #home #homeland

It is very, very difficult for a playwright to write a scene in which a young man has his first deep experience of sex with a girl whom he found immensely attractive, is fully satisfied by this event and gets up and blinds a lot of horses. ↗

— Peter Shaffer

#blinds #deep #difficult #event #experience

I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad and to travel for it too! ↗

— William Shakespeare

#fool #had #i #make #me

Asking the government to help you for short periods of time is different than asking the government to take care of you for the rest of your life. ↗

— Donna Shalala

#care #different #government #help #life

My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society. ↗

— Natan Sharansky

#democracy #experience #fear #having #lived

I've been playing against older and stronger competition my whole life. It has made me a better tennis player and able to play against this kind of level despite their strength and experience. ↗

— Maria Sharapova

#against #been #better #competition #despite

To the citizens of Israel, I say: we have passed difficult years, faced the most painful experiences and overcame them. The future lies before us. We are required to take difficult and controversial steps, but we must not miss the opportunity to try to achieve what we have wished for, for so many years: security, tranquillity and peace. ↗

— Ariel Sharon

#before #citizens #controversial #difficult #experiences

I've never not appeared in front of a live audience for any longer period than a month or two. ↗

— William Shatner

#appeared #audience #front #i #live

Also, an area that interests me - and it will probably take years to state what I mean - is the period of the rise of democracy, with Tom Paine, which is around the turn of the 18th century into the 19th. ↗

— Fiona Shaw

#also #area #around #century #democracy

There is a great relief in experiencing the worst vicariously. ↗

— Fiona Shaw

#great #relief #vicariously #worst