#selves

The idea of infection began to be taken far more seriously than it ever had before. Hospitals transformed themselves in response to the new plague - sometimes for the better, but often for the worse, as when, in fear, they cast their ulcerated patients out into the streets. ↗

— Peter Lewis Allen

#began #better #cast #ever #far

Because all of us believe and understand in the fabric of the common bond of why we call ourselves American is to care for the men and women who wear the uniform; and when they take off the uniform, we care for them when they are veterans. ↗

— Steve Buyer

#because #believe #bond #call #care

If people can't deal with their problems, they numb themselves a little bit. ↗

— Kevin Nealon

#deal #little #little bit #numb #people

When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#consciousness #heroic #our #ourselves #own

Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly figure it out and then practice deception themselves. ↗

— Elias Canetti

#child #children #consider #deceiving #deception

I wander around, get the lay of the land and try to imagine what kind of people would have lived there in that historical period. What would they eat? What kind of clothing would they wear? How did they shelter themselves? How did they get around? ↗

— James Welch

#clothing #did #eat #get #historical

People complain professional sportsmen are locked away but when they get out and enjoy themselves, people have a go. ↗

— Will Carling

#complain #enjoy #get #go #locked

It took us years to get into the mess that we got ourselves in at the end of 2008, and it's going to take a while to get us out. We lost eight million jobs, we saw a financial system near collapse, we have a continuing housing crisis that we're making progress on dealing with. ↗

— Robert Gibbs

#continuing #crisis #dealing #eight #end

I don't make things complicated, that's the way they get all by themselves. ↗

— Mel Gibson

#get #i #make #themselves #things

I think the idea is now for blacks to write about the history of our music. It's time for that, because whites have been doing it all the time. It's time for us to do it ourselves and tell it like it is. ↗

— Dizzy Gillespie

#because #been #blacks #doing #history