#round

I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity of much of the cut and thrust of politics. ↗

— Chris Patten

#background #cerebral #cut #even #goes

The only thing I really, really want is for the U.S. to win again. Just to win another team gold. And, of course I would really want to win an all-around gold. ↗

— Carly Patterson

#all-around #another #course #gold #i

I think that much of this was running in background as I contemplated whether or not to attend the PS 99 reunion, although I certainly anticipated that I would not; it smelled like death, not youth. ↗

— John Thorn

#anticipated #attend #background #certainly #contemplated

For more than two centuries since winning our own freedom, we the people of the United States have repeatedly answered the call to lead the quest for freedom around the globe. ↗

— Mac Thornberry

#around #call #centuries #freedom #globe

The challenge we have in the war on terrorism is looking around for those pieces that matter and trying to fit them together. ↗

— Mac Thornberry

#challenge #fit #looking #matter #pieces

I started doing a paper round when I was about 10. I started earning 10 pounds a week and then I was obsessed with earning money until I was about 15. ↗

— Robert Pattinson

#doing #earning #i #money #obsessed

Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them. ↗

— Jean Paul

#air #around #beneath #break #gather

The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe. ↗

— Jean Paul

#breathe #children #conscience #evil #formed

I've never heard of anybody smoking a joint and going on a rampage. It makes you lie around on the floor and look at the ceiling. What's wrong with that? ↗

— Billy Bob Thornton

#around #ceiling #floor #going #heard

As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant regions they formerly concealed, so old age takes away our enjoyments only to enlarge the prospect of the coming eternity. ↗

— Jean Paul

#around #away #coming #concealed #distant