#rise

I'm surprised by the fact that I like the word 'husband.' I thought I would hate it. ↗

— Alicia Silverstone

#hate #husband #i #like #surprised

Trotsky rises to give me his hand, then sits at his desk, gently allowing his regard to light on my person. ↗

— Georges Simenon

#desk #gently #give #give me #hand

I think the rich are too rich and the poor are too poor. I don't think the black people are going to rise at all; I think most of them are going to die. ↗

— Nina Simone

#die #going #i #i think #most

We ourselves can die with comfort and even with joy if we know that death is but a passport to blessedness, that this intellect, freed from all material chains, shall rise and shine. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

#chains #comfort #death #die #even

A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise. Because that is how life is - full of surprises. ↗

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

#full #how #life #me #means

We are a mixed economy. We will remain a mixed economy. The public and private sector will continue to play a very important role. The private sector in our country has very ample scope and I am confident that India's entrepreneurs have the capacity, and the will to rise to the occasion. ↗

— Manmohan Singh

#ample #capacity #confident #continue #country

I'm not surprised that Spielberg was able to capture the heroism of Schindler; so many of his movies are about the better part of mankind. ↗

— Gene Siskel

#about #better #capture #heroism #his

The crises in North Korea, Iran, the Middle East, show how quickly things can change and how they can go wrong. We must be prepared. And right now the Army is not. ↗

— Ike Skelton

#be prepared #change #crises #east #go

Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

#cannot #down #look #looked #man

I still think in this country, and this might surprise you, the one thing that George Bush said as president that I do agree with, I love that phrase, 'the soft bigotry of low expectations.' ↗

— Tavis Smiley

#bush #country #expectations #george #george bush