#pose

In disposition the Negro is joyous, flexible, and indolent; while the many nations which compose this race present a singular diversity of intellectual character, of which the far extreme is the lowest grade of humanity. ↗

— Samuel George Morton

#compose #disposition #diversity #extreme #far

The conductor must breathe life into the score. It is you and you alone who must expose it to the understanding, reveal the hidden jewel to the sun at the most flattering angles. ↗

— Charles Munch

#angles #breathe #conductor #expose #flattering

There was a time when the contractual relationship between the employer and the employee was supposed to be none of the public's business. That time has passed. ↗

— Frank Murphy

#business #contractual #employee #employer #none

I have young kids. The fiscal burden that will be imposed on them is going to depend primarily on whether we tackle this looming problem in our health care system - with rising costs that don't seem, by the way, to be necessarily associated with higher quality. That is the key burden that they will face. ↗

— Peter Orszag

#burden #care #costs #depend #face

Suppose you were working at your job one day, and you made a little mistake. Then all of a sudden a red light went on over your desk, and fifteen thousand people stood up and yelled at you that you sucked? ↗

— Jacques Plante

#desk #fifteen #job #light #little

The purpose of life is to live, learn, and love. ↗

— Christine Rice

#live #love #purpose-of-life #life

To get where you want to be, you must first know where you are. ↗

— Deborah Day

#life #life-lessons #purpose-goals #life

It was after I first began to uplift my thoughts a bit that my cravings for junk food started to dissipate. I did not connect the two at that time. First, I simply noticed that I didn’t need to sleep so much. It took a while before I realized that in addition to my improved energy level, there was a direct correlation between chewing on mental garbage and putting garbage in my mouth. ↗

— Holly Mosier

#purpose #stress #uplifting #weight-loss #food

Maybe it’s something which can’t be defined,” Enso Roshi says. “Maybe it’s a question, to be lived. ↗

— T. Scott McLeod

#enlightenment #life-s-greatest-answers #life-s-purpose #living-the-question #meditation

You make me believe in happiness... if I had my way, if anything were up to me, I’d never be without you. You are my purpose. ↗

— Courtney Kirchoff

#happiness #love #purpose-in-life #life