#problems

In my view, a political vision is not a grab-bag of discrete problems and solutions. It is the visionary anticipation of a direction. ↗

— Roberto Unger

#direction #discrete #political #problems #solutions

If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a brain would realize that it's the charts that count. ↗

— Mariah Carey

#brain #charts #count #critics #half

The problems come when your personal life and relationships come under scrutiny in the press and often very uncomplimentary things are printed about you. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#come #life #often #personal #personal life

Another example of that was that even during the economic problems of the 1945 government, we managed to carry out other aspects of our policy and other ideals. Through the establishment of national parks, for instance. ↗

— Barbara Castle

#aspects #carry #during #economic #economic problems

Given the slow pace of Washington's bureaucracy, policymakers are often busy solving yesterday's problems. This rearview mirror approach afflicts Mr. Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress. ↗

— Fred Upton

#allies #approach #bureaucracy #busy #congress

Rena noticed me watching it pass. 'You think they don't got problem?' Rena said. 'Everybody got problem. You got me, they got insurance, house payment, Preparation H.' She smiled, baring the part between her two upper teeth. 'We are the free birds. They want to be us. ↗

— Janet Fitch

#free-bird #freedom #problems #wanting #white-oleander

Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks. Maybe some folks drink due to body chemistry and others due to their lazy characters. Maybe some have drinking problems, while others have problems enough to drink. ↗

— George Jones

#drink #drunk #life #problems #life

The difficult problems in life always start off being simple. Great affairs always start off being small. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#life

...one can't avoid the storms and calamities of life, but one can at least find the right partner to face them with. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#life #love #partner #problems #storms

We try to fix the outside so much, but our control of the outer world is limited, temporary, and often, illusory. ↗

— Matthieu Ricard

#life #problems #sadness #life