#right

Dieting was cruel; it was an abuse of human rights. Yes, that's what it was, and she should not allow herself to be manipulated in this way. She stopped herself. Thinking like that was nothing more than coming up with excuses for breaking the diet. Mma Ramotswe was made of sterner stuff than that, and so she persisted. ↗

— Alexander McCall Smith

#human-rights #humor #persisting #diet

To me it was real war and my life was at stake, and I believe that all those clandestine spy games we played as children helped when the Occupation came. ↗

— Diet Eman

#dutch #holocaust #jesus-christ #righteous-gentile #wwii

They thought we were stupid to do it, (hide Jews) of course; in fact, it was beyond their comprehension that we would risk so much for Jews. ↗

— Diet Eman

#dutch #holocaust #jesus-christ #righteous-gentile #wwii

I choose bold. I choose action. I choose what's right for the people. I choose to make a difference. ↗

— Bill Richardson

#bold #choose #difference #for the people #i

I felt peace, even though I was still scared to death. I thought that, whatever would happen to me - I could still be killed. I didn't know - and in what I'd already been through, God was in control. ↗

— Diet Eman

#dutch #holocaust #jesus-christ #righteous-gentile #wwii

Yesterday the paper had a "short" summary of the places where Jews are not allowed! I can better mention where they are still aloud: "in their houses and in the streets!" God, punish those who are persecuting the people you chose and to whom Jesus also belonged. -From the diary of Diet Eman ↗

— Diet Eman

#god #holocaust #jesus-christ #righteous-gentile #wwii

The aging of the U.S. population is a theme that we believe strongly in and the health care sector is really right in the bulls eye of this particular theme. ↗

— John Zimmerman

#believe #bulls #care #eye #health

Columbine was so frightening. And the media took off with it, like everything else, so it instilled more fear in people. You're looking around at school for kids like the ones who committed the shootings, and you feel wrong for doing that, you know? ↗

— John Robinson

#columbine #committed #doing #else #everything

Faith is not contrary to the usual ideas, something that turns out to be right or wrong, like a gambler's bet. ↗

— Joanna Russ

#contrary #faith #gambler #ideas #like

I was regarded as the school freak which further reinforced a lot of inhibitions and doubts I had about myself. I was a shy, frightened teenager for a long time. ↗

— Winona Ryder

#doubts #freak #frightened #further #had