#session

It is not her body that he wants but it is only through her body that he can take possession of another human being, so he must labor upon her body, he must enter her body, to make his claim. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#being #body #claim #enter #her

Money is not everything. My ambition was football itself, not the money I'd make from it. If that brings me and my family a more comfortable lifestyle, then that's fine. But I don't spend my time between games and training sessions thinking about figures. ↗

— Alessandro Del Piero

#ambition #between #brings #comfortable #everything

That's why I hate to get started in these jam sessions. I'm always the last one to leave. ↗

— Elvis Presley

#get #hate #i #jam #last

In the first place, when there is a policy of intentional aggression, inspired by a desire to get possession of the territory or the trade of another country, right or wrong, a pretext is always sought. ↗

— Elihu Root

#always #another #country #desire #first

The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal. ↗

— Sallust

#fleeting #fragile #glorious #glory #goes

The trade of authorship is a violent, and indestructible obsession. ↗

— George Sand

#indestructible #obsession #trade #violent

I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions, and it took its toll on all my relationships, on my physical health, my emotional and mental health. ↗

— Tony Shalhoub

#emotional #emphasis #health #i #material

If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute, full of distinctive character, his egotism is precious, and remains a possession of the race. ↗

— Alexander Smith

#character #distinctive #egotism #egotist #full

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession. ↗

— Sophocles

#any #better #friend #how #kindness

Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend better than any possession. ↗

— Sophocles

#better #fares #friend #how #kindness