#ski

If a person is homosexual by nature - that is, if one's sexuality is as intrinsic a part of one's identity as gender or skin color - then society can no more deny a gay person access to the secular rights and religious sacraments because of his homosexuality than it can reinstate Jim Crow. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#because #color #crow #deny #gay

For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#battles #enemy #fighting #hundred #skill

A lot of people, including business leaders, think the future belongs to China. Globalization is not a zero-sum game, but we need to hone our skills to stay in play. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#business #business leaders #china #future #game

The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#brave man #covetous #employ #employer #man

Somehow he became certain the he himself possessed the skills of a hypnotist. How he reached this judgement, I have no idea, but never convinced the rest of us. ↗

— Audrey Meadows

#certain #convinced #himself #how #i

It doesn't have to be a problem for children to be fat, but it does affect you: you aren't as happy in that skin. ↗

— Harry Melling

#children #does #fat #happy #problem

Toffee Crisp was my downfall. I once ate five at a sitting. Do you really need that third helping, Harry? My parents didn't overfeed me, nor did they make an issue of it. That's when things go wrong. It doesn't have to be a problem for children to be fat, but it does affect you: you aren't as happy in that skin. ↗

— Harry Melling

#ate #children #crisp #did #does

The willingness to learn new skills is very high. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#high #learn #new #new skills #skills

The problem is, of course, that these interest groups are all asking for changes, but their enthusiasm for change rapidly disappears when it affects the core of their own interests. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#asking #change #changes #core #course

For me, skiing is a physical necessity. I have a need for risk. ↗

— Jean-Marie Messier

#me #necessity #need #physical #risk