#ring

The great question, is there anything at all which is worth fighting such a war about, with the devastating loss it will bring? I believe yes, there are some freedoms which to sacrifice would be EVEN worse. ↗

— Anne Perry

#anything #believe #bring #devastating #even

I had an extremely boring time doing 20 to 30 trades a day while everyone was talking about baseball or basketball. So I stood there fantasizing about a device that could do the same thing I was doing. ↗

— Thomas Peterffy

#baseball #basketball #boring #could #day

Community organizing is all about building grassroots support. It's about identifying the people around you with whom you can create a common, passionate cause. And it's about ignoring the conventional wisdom of company politics and instead playing the game by very different rules. ↗

— Tom Peters

#around #building #cause #common #community

Composing gives me a chance to work in multiple dimensions and helps me pare down my melodies into what is essential. Learning new skills has always energized me and scoring has opened up a world of sonic possibilities. ↗

— Liz Phair

#chance #composing #dimensions #down #essential

The flowers anew, returning seasons bring; but beauty faded has no second spring. ↗

— Ambrose Philips

#beauty #bring #faded #flowers #returning

I played with the same band for years and years and there's a beauty to having one solid core that you keep exploring. On the other hand, it's nice to throw yourself in different situations where you find out things about your own resources. ↗

— Grant-Lee Phillips

#band #beauty #core #different #exploring

George MacDonald gives me renewed strength during times of trouble--times when I have seen people tempted to deny God--when he says, "The Son of God suffered unto death, not that men might not suffer, but that their sufferings might be like his. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#george-macdonald #suffering #art

Hollywood will put you in a box, so to speak. Some people will have seen you in 'La Bamba' or another dramatic film and think, 'Okay, that's what Lou does.' But they don't really have an idea of the range or diversity that I can bring to a project. ↗

— Lou Diamond Phillips

#box #bring #diversity #does #dramatic

Aeschylus writes, "In our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grade of God. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#suffering #wisdom #art

It started last year, during the summer. I went to the doctor and they found out it was kidney stones, so they had surgery done to help get those out and to pass them... More just kept coming in. So I had all together before the last show... I had like five surgeries. ↗

— Phillip Phillips

#coming #doctor #done #during #five