#rio

Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#back #curiosity #his #kept #life

Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#criterion #man #only #real #worth

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#better #checkered #dare #defeat #enjoy

Germany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace of justice must go on until the German cancer is cut clean out of the world body. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#cancer #clean #cut #german #germany

Human life is held in much higher esteem, and the taking of it, whether in private quarrel or by judicial procedure, is looked upon much more seriously than it was formerly. ↗

— Elihu Root

#formerly #held #higher #human #human life

It is not uncommon in modern times to see governments straining every nerve to keep the peace, and the people whom they represent, with patriotic enthusiasm and resentment over real or fancied wrongs, urging them forward to war. ↗

— Elihu Root

#every #fancied #forward #governments #keep

I'm one of those that have said, one of my key principles is I will not support a health care reform bill that is not deficit-neutral, period. ↗

— Mike Ross

#care #health #health care #health care reform #i

There may be some difficulties during a period of adjustment. Specifically, picking up their life again and making their own truly independent decisions. ↗

— Rick Ross

#again #decisions #difficulties #during #independent

I feel like I've come out of this grown up, maybe because I live through the character vicariously and she grows up so much during the course of this story. ↗

— Emmy Rossum

#character #come #course #during #feel

Life is just a short period of time in which you are alive. ↗

— Philip Roth

#just #life #period #short #short period