#served

An aristocratic culture does not advertise its emotions. In its forms of expression it is sober and reserved. Its general attitude is stoic. ↗

— Johan Huizinga

#aristocratic #attitude #culture #does #emotions

I am ever mindful of the legacy of my grandfather, the founder of this Kingdom, who had said to me that he perceived his life as a link in a continuous chain of those who served our nation and that he expected me to be a new and strong link in the same chain. ↗

— King Hussein I

#chain #continuous #ever #expected #founder

We want a world where life is preserved, and the quality of life is enriched for everybody, not only for the privileged. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#everybody #life #only #preserved #privileged

I'm like old wine. They don't bring me out very often, but I'm well preserved. ↗

— Rose Kennedy

#i #like #me #often #old

The parental, and filial affections seem to be as ardent, their sensibility and attachment, as active and faithful, as those observed to be in human nature. ↗

— William Bartram

#affections #ardent #attachment #faithful #filial

I love doing interviews that are about work that I do, films that I make. I am not very interested in the rest. I think I have always been quite reserved and a bit frightened of that whole thing. ↗

— Alicia Vikander

#always #am #been #bit #doing

I won't stop fighting to give Nevadans access to affordable health care just because my husband is a doctor, just like I won't stop standing up for veterans because my father served in World War II. ↗

— Shelley Berkley

#affordable #affordable health care #because #care #doctor

My husband was an Air Force pilot man years ago and recently an Air Force wife thanked me for my service! I laughed and said, 'No, I wasn't in the Air Force, my husband was!' And she smiled and said, 'If he served, you served. And thank you.' ↗

— Robyn Carr

#air #air force #force #husband #i

The rights of the individual are greatly prized in the developed world, but in many other regions they are considered a luxury reserved for the impossibly wealthy. ↗

— Silvia Cartwright

#developed #developed world #greatly #individual #luxury

We've observed that people who stall in their personal growth work often have counterproductive soft addictions that stand in their way of growth and having the life they say they want. It can be a simple thing, such as watching TV instead of finishing a project. ↗

— Judith Wright

#counterproductive #finishing #growth #having #instead