#pre

I will be the first woman president of Mexico in history. ↗

— Josefina Vazquez Mota

#first #history #i #mexico #president

For the first half of this century, High Court judges have been cautious to the point of timidity in expressing any criticism of governmental action; the independence of the judiciary has been of a decidedly subordinate character. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

#any #been #cautious #century #character

I liked Truman very much. He was precise and businesslike. After a while, it was his turn. ↗

— Lord Mountbatten

#his #i #liked #much #precise

People from different cultures have different definitions for beauty. Isn't that sad to judge others with our standards... rather than appreciate them? ↗

— Mizuki Nomura

#beauty #comedy #cultural-differences #culture #definition

Founders go wrong when they start to believe their business plan will materialize as written. I advise entrepreneurs to burn their business plan - it's simply too dangerous to the health of your business. ↗

— Alexander Osterwalder

#believe #burn #business #dangerous #entrepreneurs

If I do something stupid, which is pretty much the whole time, I hate it. I just hate it. ↗

— Nicole Polizzi

#i #i do #just #much #pretty

The physical fabric of the world had to be such as to enable that ten billion year preliminary evolution to produce the raw materials of life. Without it there would not have been the chemical materials to allow life to evolve here on earth. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#been #billion #chemical #earth #enable

It used to be that if you had a pretty good record, you could stop by a station in Little Rock or Atlanta and let the DJ listen to it. No way something like that can happen now. ↗

— Charley Pride

#could #dj #good #good record #had

I look through the cage...an absolute beauty of yours... ↗

— Ankur Kumar Shah

#appreciation #beauty #cage #caged-bird #caged-view

Looking at the children, she knew that any hope for a new life would have to grow within her. She glanced at Nate, wondering if he felt as she did, that children were the only consolation in this world, the only recompense for so much suffering. ↗

— Laura Brodie

#pregnancy #life