#stance

I think that every so-called history book and film biography should be prefaced by the statement that what follows is the author's rendition of events and circumstances. ↗

— Barbara Kruger

#biography #book #circumstances #events #every

People keep saying I've changed. I used to be confrontational. But I'm - I haven't changed. It was - it's just that circumstances have changed. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#circumstances #confrontational #haven #i #just

I don't believe in anarchy, because it will ultimately amount to the power of the bully, with weapons. Gandhi is my life's inspiration: passive resistance. I don't want to live in the Thunderdome with Mad Max. ↗

— Johnny Rotton

#anarchy #because #believe #bully #gandhi

In my home I tend to eat a very simple version of what we cook at the restaurant, which is vegetable-oriented, with a little bit of fish and very little meat. For instance, a dish in my home could be steamed spinach with spruce, where I take a spruce branch and put it in the pot and that infuses into the spinach. ↗

— Rene Redzepi

#branch #cook #could #dish #eat

The body is the substance of the stone. ↗

— George Ripley

#stone #substance

There were theoretical elements in the subjection of women and it is not possible to avoid the conclusion that a large contribution was made to them by the Church. In part this was a matter of its hostile stance towards sexuality. ↗

— J. M. Roberts

#church #conclusion #contribution #elements #hostile

Before, I would play a little hoops, a little tennis. Now it's more yoga, Pilates, stretching, some light weight work, push-ups, sit-ups, resistance things. When I used to live on the eleventh floor, I would take the steps. I don't do that so much now. I'm taking the elevator a bit more these days. ↗

— Robin Roberts

#bit #days #elevator #eleventh #floor

I just think it's shocking how many of these young people wind up in prison and they get turned into hardcore criminals because they had a possession of a very small amount of controlled substance. ↗

— Pat Robertson

#because #controlled #criminals #get #had

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of. ↗

— Jim Rohn

#change #charge #circumstances #must #personal

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him. ↗

— James Allen

#him #make #man #reveal