#rowing

Those nations have a very great responsibility at this juncture of the world's affairs, for by throwing their joint weight into the scales of history on the right side, they may tip the balance decisively in favour of peace. ↗

— Arthur Henderson

#balance #decisively #favour #great #great responsibility

Growing up, my sisters were both into dancing, so I went to a lot of dance recitals, mostly because there were always pretty girls in leotards. ↗

— Jason Sudeikis

#because #both #dance #dancing #growing

Among the letters my readers write me, there is a certain category which is continuously growing, and which I see as a symptom of the increasing intellectualization of the relationship between readers and literature. ↗

— Herman Hesse

#between #category #certain #continuously #growing

We are, by many measures, one of the more diverse cities in the country, growing more diverse all the time, and one of the more harmonious in terms of how we live together. ↗

— John Hickenlooper

#country #diverse #growing #harmonious #how

I used to have acne when I was a kid growing up. You can imagine how serious that was in making you feel bad. And I had skinny bow legs. I mean, as a kid growing up, I was an insecure fella. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#bad #bow #feel #fella #growing

But as my brother was doing his research for a book about my father, it became his opinion that the most influential anti-semitism my father encountered when he was growing up was from Jews, because his relatives were German Jews, and doctors. ↗

— Tobias Wolff

#anti-semitism #became #because #book #brother

I'm constantly changing, I'm constantly growing. I think I'm a little controversial... I just try and keep some mystery, so hopefully people can't really put their finger on it. ↗

— Evan Rachel Wood

#constantly #controversial #finger #growing #hopefully

If we didn't have the rest of the world growing, the United States economy would be in much worse shape than it is today. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#growing #much #rest #shape #states

Angry Birds is one of the fastest-growing online products I've seen, growing even faster than Skype, and the company has done a brilliant job of extending it across different platforms and merchandise. ↗

— Niklas Zennstrom

#angry #birds #brilliant #company #different

Beyond the borders of wealthy countries like the United States, in developing countries where most people in the world live, the impacts of climate change are much more deadly, from the growing desertification of Africa to the threats of rising sea levels and the submersion of small island nations. ↗

— Amy Goodman

#beyond #borders #change #climate #climate change