#pose

You cannot mistake Bush's clarity of purpose. He believes in a story about freedom and opportunity that makes his followers feel like they aren't just ticking their days down but are part of something larger than themselves. ↗

— Eric Liu

#believes #bush #cannot #clarity #days

Since then, I have just read and read - but, that said, I suppose there is a raft of writers to whom I return again and again, not so much because I want to write like them, even if I were capable of it, but simply for a sort of stylistic shot in the arm. ↗

— Penelope Lively

#arm #because #capable #even #i

I determined never to stop until I had come to the end and achieved my purpose. ↗

— David Livingstone

#come #determined #end #had #i

Life does more than adapt to the Earth. It changes the Earth to its own purposes. ↗

— James Lovelock

#changes #does #earth #life #more

If we expose the Chinese to our freedoms, it may create a greater hunger for democracy, reform and liberties in China. ↗

— Gary Locke

#chinese #create #democracy #expose #freedoms

Are ideals confined to this deformed experiment upon a noble purpose, tainted, as it is, with bargains and tied to a peace treaty which might have been disposed of long ago to the great benefit of the world if it had not been compelled to carry this rider on its back? ↗

— Henry Cabot Lodge

#back #bargains #been #benefit #carry

True Americanism is opposed utterly to any political divisions resting on race and religion. ↗

— Henry Cabot Lodge

#any #divisions #opposed #political #race

The primary, the fundamental, the essential purpose of the United Nations is to keep peace. Everything it does which helps prevent World War III is good. Everything which does not further that goal, either directly or indirectly, is at best superfluous. ↗

— Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.

#directly #does #either #essential #everything

Where I grew up in Dallas, things might be a little more traditional. People have the same things in mind. They're supposed to grow up, go to college, get a job, get married, and have children, grandchildren. That's the world I grew up in. ↗

— Lisa Loeb

#college #dallas #get #get married #go

I'll fly Away took place in the 50's and 60's in America's South, and there are a couple of scenes where me and my friends are supposed to be skinny dipping with these girls. ↗

— Jeremy London

#away #couple #dipping #fly #friends