#pursue

We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary. ↗

— Booker T. Washington

#borrow #down #english #just #languages

Some people suggest that the problem is the separation of powers. If you had a parliamentary system, the struggle for power would not result in such complex peace treaties that empower so many different people to pursue so many contradictory aims. ↗

— James Q. Wilson

#complex #contradictory #different #different people #empower

The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life. ↗

— Anna Letitia Barbauld

#choose #great #great mind #important #life

Everybody pursues their national interests. The only one who gets blamed for it is the United States. ↗

— John Bolton

#everybody #gets #interests #national #national interests

For a number of years I was relentlessly pursued by 10 to 15 men, almost daily. Spat at, verbally abused. ↗

— Sienna Miller

#daily #i #men #number #pursued

My greatest day is yet to come. Of all the things that I've accomplished, my greatest day is yet to come. But it will never come if I don't pursue it. ↗

— Alexander O'Neal

#come #day #greatest #i #never

I can't sing but I can understand wanting to keep a balance, trying to pursue dreams, while creating a stable environment for my children. ↗

— Gabrielle Reece

#children #creating #dreams #environment #i

The truth is found when men are free to pursue it. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#found #free #pursue #truth #truth is

Markets are designed to allow individuals to look after their private needs and to pursue profit. It's really a great invention and I wouldn't under-estimate the value of that, but they're not designed to take care of social needs. ↗

— George Soros

#allow #care #designed #great #i

People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs. ↗

— Abdolkarim Soroush

#any #basic #basic needs #concern #first