#ship

At an unprecedented time with the worst attack ever on our soil, our President displayed extraordinary determination, leadership and resolve when history was thrust upon him and the United States. ↗

— Olympia Snowe

#determination #displayed #ever #extraordinary #him

When I was growing up, we used to play basketball in a park that was never shoveled when it snowed. The basketball rims were never fixed. And we understood then that there was a relationship between public policy and our quality of life. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

#between #fixed #growing #growing up #i

There is no success without hardship. ↗

— Sophocles

#success #without

We have treated our most serious adversaries, such as Iran and North Korea, in the most juvenile manner - by giving them the silent treatment. In so doing, we have weakened, not strengthened, our bargaining position and our leadership. ↗

— Theodore C. Sorensen

#bargaining #doing #giving #iran #juvenile

We must recognize that as the dominant power in the world we have a special responsibility. In addition to protecting our national interests, we must take the leadership in protecting the common interests of humanity. ↗

— George Soros

#common #common interests #dominant #humanity #interests

Nowadays it would be reasonable to have an annual world championship. ↗

— Boris Spassky

#championship #nowadays #reasonable #world #world championship

On the other hand, chess is a mass sport now and for chess organisers shorter time control is obviously more attractive. But I think that this control does not suit World Championship matches. ↗

— Boris Spassky

#championship #chess #control #does #hand

I love my mom. My mom loves me. We don't have an easy relationship. I don't think we ever will, but I'd rather have a complicated, misunderstood relationship than have no relationship at all. ↗

— Tori Spelling

#complicated #easy #ever #i #i love

I have quite a robust relationship with regret. You simply don't know what the alternative would have been. ↗

— Juliet Stevenson

#been #i #know #quite #regret

Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#age #almost #any #completes #costs