#pre

Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live. ↗

— John Milton

#forget #her #how #live #nations

To understand pretending is to conquer all barriers of time and space. ↗

— William Joyce

#nicholas-st-north #north #ombric #pretending #rise-of-the-guardians

I've been doing everything I can to reach out and understand why people voted against me. They were trying to send a message. I have to be more sensitive in the way I express myself, and I have to be more thoughtful in the positions I take. ↗

— James P. Moran

#been #doing #everything #express #i

Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty. ↗

— Ho Chi Minh

#liberty #more #nothing #precious #than

I've never heard of any president being so close to his people. ↗

— Ho Chi Minh

#being #close #heard #his #i

I had a friend, and we always used to pretend to be twins. We had this fantasy about going to Hollywood together. We were about four. ↗

— Radha Mitchell

#always #fantasy #four #friend #going

The attainment of the economic aims of man presupposes peace. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

#attainment #economic #man #peace #presupposes

Meanwhile, the originator of a theory may have a very lonely time, especially if his colleagues find his views of nature unfamiliar, and difficult to appreciate. ↗

— Peter D. Mitchell

#colleagues #difficult #especially #find #his

I think my comparison with Shane would be a loner. I always got the impression that she wasn't scared to be alone. She enjoys it. I can relate to that. ↗

— Katherine Moennig

#always #comparison #enjoys #got #i

While the astronauts, heroes forever, spent mere hours on the moon, I have remained in this new world, West, for nearly thirty years. I know that my achievement is quite ordinary. I am not the only man to seek his fortune far from home, and certainly I am not the first. Still, there are times I am bewildered by each mile I have traveled, each meal I have eaten, each person I have known, each room in which I have slept. As ordinary as it all appears, there are times when it is beyond my imagination. ↗

— Jhumpa Lahiri

#jhumpa-lahiri #imagination