#since

We decry violence all the time in this country, but look at our history. We were born in a violent revolution, and we've been in wars ever since. We're not a pacific people. ↗

— James Lee Burke

#born #country #decry #ever #history

A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment. ↗

— Frances Burney

#contentment #curb #diminish #enjoyment #expectation

When I was a kid, my mom used to run the vacuum cleaner, and the noise would bother me so much that I would run into the woods to calm down. I feel like that vacuum cleaner has been on since I moved to New York City. ↗

— Steve Burns

#bother #calm #calm down #city #cleaner

Well, we've faced very difficult decisions and challenges in our country, every one of us have, as we - since September 11th, as we fought the war on terror, all of those decisions that the President had to make to put young men and women in harm's way. ↗

— Laura Bush

#country #decisions #difficult #difficult decisions #every

I have been in America only once since Mr. Clinton became your president - as a speaker at the United Nations. ↗

— Mangosuthu Buthelezi

#became #been #clinton #i #mr

The American people want peace. They have long since ceased to talk of a hard or a soft peace for Germany. ↗

— James F. Byrnes

#american people #ceased #germany #hard #long

I lived in the studio apartment that I bought for four years before I bought it in 1989, so I was already in it. I began living there in 1985, so I've had the same address and phone number since then. ↗

— Marilyn Hacker

#already #apartment #before #began #bought

I had to learn - since I'm divorced now and everyone is like, 'Oh my God, you're single, what's going on?' - that if I don't like to spend time with myself, how can I ask someone else to enjoy spending time with me? I'm getting to learn how to enjoy my solitude and have a good time. ↗

— Gabrielle Union

#divorced #else #enjoy #everyone #getting

The candidates we have in this campaign are... the most accomplished, in terms of public service, that we've had since 1960. One of them will be successful. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#campaign #candidates #had #most #public

Since the end of the Second World War, our population has more than doubled to 27 million people. ↗

— Kim Campbell

#end #million #more #our #people