#pro

People could rationally decide that prolonged relationships take up too much time and effort and that they'd much rather do other kinds of things. But most people are afraid of rejection. ↗

— Albert Ellis

#afraid #could #decide #effort #kinds

My books are very few, but then the world is before me - a library open to all - from which poverty of purse cannot exclude me - in which the meanest and most paltry volume is sure to furnish something to amuse, if not to instruct and improve. ↗

— Joseph Howe

#before #books #cannot #exclude #few

In the past 20 years and more since China embarked on the road of reform and opening up, we have moved steadfastly to promote political restructuring and vigorously build democratic politics under socialism. ↗

— Jinato Hu

#china #democratic #embarked #in the past #more

You have stripped from me the rank and privileges of the professorship and the doctoral degree which I earned, and you have set me at the level of the lowest criminal. ↗

— Kurt Huber

#degree #earned #i #level #lowest

I'm also working with Mrs. Bush on some education projects in Afghanistan, so I get to see her a great deal. ↗

— Karen Hughes

#also #bush #deal #education #get

The more connected that individual is to an issue they care about, the higher probability there is they will stay involved over a longer period of time. ↗

— Chris Hughes

#care #connected #higher #individual #involved

What's really interesting is the introduction of the tablet - not just the iPad, but the Nook and the Kindle. While they aren't going to solve all of our problems, I do think they make it easier for people to pause, linger, read and really process very important ideas. ↗

— Chris Hughes

#going #i #i do #ideas #important

Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil! ↗

— Victor Hugo

#blessed be #child #devil #doll #each

I fully realize that the new organization is a human rather than a perfect instrumentality for the attainment of its great objective. As time goes on it will, I am sure, be improved. ↗

— Cordell Hull

#attainment #fully #goes #great #human

When completed, the budget must provide the services we have promised to our constituents. ↗

— Jane D. Hull

#completed #constituents #must #our #promised