#sit

We remain at peace with all nations, and no efforts on my part consistent with the preservation of our rights and the honor of the country shall be spared to maintain a position so consonant to our institutions. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

#consistent #country #efforts #honor #institutions

It seems proper, at all events, that by an early enactment similar to that of other countries the application of public money by an officer of Government to private uses should be made a felony and visited with severe and ignominious punishment. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

#countries #early #enactment #events #felony

Violence among young people is an aspect of their desire to create. They don't know how to use their energy creatively so they do the opposite and destroy. ↗

— Anthony Burgess

#aspect #create #creatively #desire #destroy

America is so vast that almost everything said about it is likely to be true, and the opposite is probably equally true. ↗

— James T. Farrell

#almost #america #be true #equally #everything

I think it's appropriate for the international community in situations like this to intervene in Kosovo. I am in favor of an intervention. On some level, you have to say that at least somebody is doing something. ↗

— Mike Farrell

#appropriate #community #doing #favor #i

So when I write characters and situations and relationships, I try to sort of utilize what I know about the world, limited as it is, and what I hear from my friends and see with my relatives. ↗

— Charlie Kaufman

#characters #friends #hear #i #i write

The body can do amazing things in a situation when it is really called for. ↗

— Suzanne Farrell

#amazing things #body #called #really #situation

You don't learn from a situation where you do something well. You enjoy it and you give yourself credit, but you don't really learn from that. You learn from trial and error, trial and error, all the time. ↗

— Suzanne Farrell

#enjoy #error #give #learn #really

My manager was Buddy Glee, who put me together with Mike Curb, and was basically the idea to bring some soul to the label and bring something different to the label besides the Hank Williams situation. ↗

— Solomon Burke

#besides #bring #buddy #curb #different

I didn't look very sensitive and they didn't know me very well. ↗

— Geraldine Ferraro

#know #look #me #sensitive #very