#sad

I, for one, begin with intent. There is no question that, Saddam Hussein had intent to do harm to the Western alliance and to the United States of America. ↗

— Tommy Franks

#america #begin #had #harm #hussein

In the last twelve years, we have come some distance towards reconciliation and the breaking down of disadvantage. Let us take encouragement from what has been achieved and set our minds and hearts to end the remaining roadblocks. ↗

— Malcolm Fraser

#been #breaking #come #disadvantage #distance

The U.S. couldn't even get rid of Saddam Hussein. And we all know that the EU is just a passing fad. They'll be killing each other again in less than a year. I'm sick to death of all these fascist lawsuits. ↗

— Bill Gates

#death #each #eu #even #fad

Was there ever such stuff as great as part of Shakespeare? Only one must not say so! But what think you? - What? - Is there not sad stuff? What? - What? ↗

— George III

#great #must #only #part #sad

I might be an ambassador. ↗

— Steven Gerrard

#i #might

Sureness is something like a neck brace, which we clamp around our lives, hoping to somehow protect ourselves from the frightening, constant whiplash of change. Sadly, the brace doesn't always hold. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#around #change #constant #frightening #hold

Everything's complicated, even those things that seem flat in their bleakness or sadness. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#even #everything #flat #sadness #seem

I have wondered sometimes if there are not perhaps some disadvantages in having really blue blood in one's veins, like grandmamma and me. ↗

— Elinor Glyn

#blue #disadvantages #having #i #like

Dr. Suess said: 'Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened..' I tell my dates: 'Don't cry because it happened, smile because it's over ↗

— Josh Stern

#crying #dr-seuss #experience #happiness #joy

I read differently now, more painstakingly, knowing I am probably revisiting the books I love for the last time. (245) ↗

— Nicole Krauss

#life #sad #age