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Time is compressed like the fist I close on my knee... I hold inside it the clues and solutions and the power for what I must do now. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

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Nothing the desert produces expresses it better than the unhappy growth of the tree yuccas. ↗

— Mary Austin

#desert #expresses #growth #nothing #produces

They weren't great pictures, but they were fun, and they really represented that period of time well. ↗

— Frankie Avalon

#great #period #pictures #really #represented

The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles. ↗

— Louis D. Brandeis

#believe #believing #enough #law #miracles

If you only take offense when the president of your party is compared to Hitler, then you're part of the problem. ↗

— John Avlon

#hitler #offense #only #part #party

Far be it from me to denigrate Senator McCain's advice on vice presidential nominees. ↗

— David Axelrod

#denigrate #far #mccain #me #nominees

Listen, I have a great affection and respect for Joe Biden. I think he's been a great vice president. He's taken on a lot of tough assignments for our administration. ↗

— David Axelrod

#affection #assignments #been #great #i

Now, China, India have set goals. We're going to be able to review what they're doing. We're going to be able to challenge them if they don't meet those goals. We're going to pursue this anyway, because the President understands that our future lies with a clean energy economy. We've doubled renewables this year. There are millions of jobs to be had there, more energy security, so we're going to pursue this. ↗

— David Axelrod

#anyway #because #challenge #china #clean

The problem that we have with a victim mentality is that we forget to see the blessings of the day. Because of this, our spirit is poisoned instead of nourished. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#blessings #gratitude #spiritual-growth #victim-mentality #experience

The majors, they have to control the distribution, the record outlets, the radio and, in some cases, even the venues. And downloading and pirating have also put pressure on the majors. ↗

— Roy Ayers

#cases #control #distribution #downloading #even