#raisin

Acting in 'Star Wars' I felt like a raisin in a giant fruit salad, and I didn't even know who the cantaloupes were. ↗

— Mark Hamill

#even #felt #fruit #giant #i

The need for raising the awareness of this shameful chapter in U.S. history is more apparent than ever. ↗

— Michael M. Honda

#awareness #chapter #ever #history #more

The advantage to Great Britain of a regular free trade in corn would, therefore, be more by raising the rest of the world to our standard and price, than by lowering the prices here to the standard of the Continent. ↗

— Joseph Hume

#britain #continent #corn #free #free trade

Women are, in my view, natural peacemakers. As givers and nurturers of life, through their focus on human relationships and their engagement with the demanding work of raising children and protecting family life, they develop a deep sense of empathy that cuts through to underlying human realities. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#cuts #deep #demanding #develop #empathy

We're very open and outspoken about our faith and our beliefs. We also talk about our doubts, our moments of insecurities. We talk about it all day, how we're inspired by God. We recognize little miracles every day, and that's how we're raising our daughter. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

#all day #also #beliefs #daughter #day

I see myself raising my children in Europe, probably in Paris. ↗

— Diane Kruger

#europe #i #i see #myself #paris

My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, "You're tearing up the grass"; "We're not raising grass," Dad would reply. "We're raising boys". ↗

— Harmon Killebrew

#brother #come #dad #father #grass

Raising taxes doesn't create jobs, and this is a common sense thing. Washington doesn't get it. They believe if they take more money and send it to Washington, D.C. somehow they create wealth. It doesn't work. ↗

— Kevin Yoder

#common #common sense #create #get #jobs

What we need is more money back in the hands of Americans of any economic standing and so raising taxes right now doesn't make sense. ↗

— Kevin Yoder

#back #economic #hands #make #money

It was then, for the first time, that Will saw the kind of help Marcus needed. Fiona had given him the idea that Marcus was after a father figure, someone to guide him gently towards male adulthood, but that wasn't it at all: Marcus needed help to be a kid, not an adult. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#raising-children #inspirational