#rei

If U.S. foreign policy results in massive death and destruction abroad, we cannot feign innocence when some of that destruction is returned. ↗

— Ward Churchill

#cannot #death #destruction #feign #foreign

I realize that when I moved out of my father's house I shocked and frightened him because I needed a room of my own, a space of my own to reinvent myself. ↗

— Sandra Cisneros

#father #frightened #him #house #i

And if you like 14.4 percent unemployment, if you like the fact that 70 percent of home mortgages in Nevada are underwater, then stay the course. Vote for Harry Reid. ↗

— John Cornyn

#fact #harry #harry reid #home #like

There has been talk of lack of consensus, but we all know that this is the veto of foreign powers, the intolerable situation in our 21st century America. ↗

— Rafael Correa

#america #been #century #consensus #foreign

May joy and good fellowship reign, and in this manner, may the Olympic Torch pursue its way through ages, increasing friendly understanding among nations, for the good of a humanity always more enthusiastic, more courageous and more pure. ↗

— Pierre de Coubertin

#always #among #courageous #enthusiastic #fellowship

There are no conditions to which a man cannot become used, especially if he sees that all around him are living in the same way. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#human-naturei #inspirational #inspirational

I do not wish a foreign army to spill the blood of my people. ↗

— Bao Dai

#blood #foreign #i #i do #people

Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves. ↗

— William Davenant

#glass #know #ourselves #perfect #see

That odd idea that one person can go to a foreign part and in this rather odd voice describe it to the folks back home doesn't make much sense in the post-colonial world. ↗

— Robyn Davidson

#describe #folks #foreign #go #home

The sooner we rein in the red tape factory in Washington, D.C., the sooner small businesses can get back to creating jobs and helping more Americans find an honest day's work. ↗

— Geoff Davis

#businesses #creating #day #factory #find