#point

The point of departure of the process to which we wish to contribute is the fact that war is the natural reaction of human nature in the savage state, while peace is the result of acquired characteristics. ↗

— Elihu Root

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There is so much of good in human nature that men grow to like each other upon better acquaintance, and this points to another way in which we may strive to promote the peace of the world. ↗

— Elihu Root

#another #another way #better #each #good

As a partner in a firm full of women who work outside of the home as well as stay at home mothers, all with plenty of children, gender equality is not a talking point for me. It is an issue I live every day. ↗

— Hilary Rosen

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I would adopt a standpoint, irrespective of whether someone was for or against it, if I felt deeply that it was right for the movement. ↗

— Alfred Rosenberg

#against #deeply #felt #i #irrespective

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love. ↗

— Jane Austen

#balm #certainly #disappointed #finest #love

Learn to adjust yourself to the conditions you have to endure, but make a point of trying to alter or correct conditions so that they are most favorable to you. ↗

— William Frederick Book

#alter #conditions #correct #endure #favorable

So Europe's a big driver. And at one point, if the euro hadn't devalued, they would have been making as much money as the US with half the stores. Returns were higher. ↗

— Jim Cantalupo

#big #devalued #driver #euro #europe

Like all New York hotel lady cashiers she had red hair and had been disappointed in her first husband. ↗

— Al Capp

#disappointed #first #had #hair #her

The one thing about Billie is he will snap and rip your head off if you point anything out at all other than how beautiful he is and how nice he looks today. ↗

— Tre Cool

#anything #beautiful #billie #head #how

There is no way to penetrate the surface of life but by attacking it earnestly at a particular point. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

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