#stance

In Paris, I found myself surrounded by Germans; they were all over the place. They played music, and people would go and listen to them! All along rue de Rivoli, as far as you could see from place de la Concorde, there were enormous swastika banners five or six floors high. I just thought, This is impossible. Imagine that someone comes into your home—someone you don’t like—he settles down, gives orders: “Here we are, we’re at home now; you must obey.” To me that was unbearable. ↗

— Pearl Witherington Cornioley

#nazism #world-war-ii #home

I believe in the immeasurable power of love; that true love can endure any circumstance and reach across any distance. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#distance #endure #inspirational #long-distance-love #love

A fine glass vase goes from treasure to trash, the moment it is broken. Fortunately, something else happens to you and me. Pick up your pieces. Then, help me gather mine. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#assistance #breaking #broken #broken-glass #commuity

Secretary Powell and I agree on every single issue that has ever been before this administration except for those instances where Colin's still learning. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#agree #been #before #colin #ever

Recently, my personal advisors have been telling me to go to America. Actually, people have been walking up to me in the street and telling me to sod off, but that's the same thing, isn't it? ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#deranged #different #drapes #elevator #git

So the proposition that the ideal parents for any child are its biological parents is a statement with which we can all agree in the generality, but which does not apply, for one reason or another, in many particular circumstances. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

#another #any #apply #biological #child

This is really high on the priority list of tribal concerns. This is a cash cow in many circumstances, and tribes are concerned about protection of tribal assets. ↗

— Jack Abramoff

#assets #cash #circumstances #concerned #concerns

Circumstances do not determine a man, they reveal him. ↗

— James Lane Allen

#determine #him #man #reveal

You shall always find what you created in your mind, for instance, a benevolent God or an evil Devil. Between them are countless facets. Therefore, concentrate on the depth of your consciousness and on what you consider to be positive and good. ↗

— Hans Bender

#always #benevolent #between #concentrate #consciousness

I think there are other issues that the Democrats could use to rally evangelicals. There are a lot of us, for instance, who believe that the Bible calls us to be environmentally responsible. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#bible #calls #could #democrats #environmentally