#sence

Our invisibility is the essence of our oppression. And until we eliminate that invisibility, people are going to be able to perpetuate the lies and myths about gay people. ↗

— Jean O'Leary

#about #eliminate #essence #gay #going

The body is forever teaching us lessons. There are all sorts of things that we can't do, shouldn't do, had better not do very often or do for too long as we get older. The body makes its presence known. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#body #forever #get #had #known

Re-telling the Christian story is the essence of my vocation. That has been going on since the Evangelists in one form or another. ↗

— Anne Rice

#been #christian #essence #evangelists #form

The essence of America - that which really unites us - is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion - it is an idea - and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things. ↗

— Condoleezza Rice

#circumstances #come #essence #ethnicity #great

A month after the scandal broke, I tried to go back to work at the pharmaceutical company after a leave of absence. But because of all the publicity and resulting pressure and stress, I finally resigned. ↗

— Donna Rice

#after #back #because #broke #company

But, of course, one relies on the everyday people who just simply like your music, for whom you may not be a hobby but they enjoy being in your presence at a concert. ↗

— Cliff Richard

#concert #course #enjoy #everyday #everyday people

When my twin grandchildren, Linda and Lyeke, were born two years ago, it changed me. I felt it was the essence of what life is about, and I cried all day. When my son Pierre, their father, was born I didn't cry like that. ↗

— Andre Rieu

#ago #all day #born #changed #cried

In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently. ↗

— Tony Robbins

#consistent #consistently #control #direct #essence

The way we're going about things and what we want to do, we feel it has to be a really pure essence of music. That's where you get the most out of it. ↗

— Chris Robinson

#essence #feel #get #going #most

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#absence #candles #diminishes #extinguishes #fans