#places

On February 7, 2.2 million Haitians went to the polls and exercised their constitutional right to select a leader. They went by foot, by tap tap and other forms of transportation, traveling hours and standing in line for almost a day to get to their polling places. ↗

— Mark Foley

#constitutional #constitutional right #day #exercised #february

Americans in all places and levels of government have begun to consider the areas where we need to prepare ourselves from future threats, including the latest weapon: bio-terror. ↗

— Paul Gillmor

#begun #consider #future #government #including

In Japan, mothers insist on achievement and accomplishment as a sign of love and respect. Thus to fail places children in a highly shamed situation. ↗

— Michael Lewis

#achievement #children #fail #highly #insist

When you are in a room and your job is to write jokes 10 hours a day, your mind starts going to strange places. ↗

— Seth MacFarlane

#going #hours #job #jokes #mind

I can cite numerous sponsors at different places in my career that made a huge difference for me just in terms of pulling me aside and giving me a tip or some coaching, or just watching what I was doing and not being afraid to tell me the truth about it. ↗

— Denise Morrison

#afraid #aside #being #being afraid #career

In Rome there is a pathological shortage of small coins. For change, the little shops tend to use candy. ↗

— Dorothy Dunnett

#places #change

...The heart mourns people and places and returns to them in dreams... ↗

— John Geddes

#mourning #people-and-places #dreams

He tucks his hands on the back of my head and rests his mouth on my forehead. I close my eyes. “I could stand here forever,” he says. “In this place? This oh-so-classy motel room?” “That’s the thing. It don’t matter where. ↗

— Kristin Halbrook

#places #romance #love

I don't know if there is actually more rain here in England, or if it was just that the rain seemed to be so deliberately annoying. Every drop hit the window with a peevish "Am I bothering you? Does this make you cold and wet? Oh, sorry. ↗

— Maureen Johnson

#london-weather #perfect-descriptions-of-places #rain #weather #england

I enjoy seeing new places. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#i #new #new places #places #seeing