#stand

Every book I've written has been a different attempt to understand something, and the success or failure of the previous one is irrelevant. I write the book I want. ↗

— Yann Martel

#been #book #different #every #failure

Everyone asks me about being so worried or thinking about existence as if I'm the only person who can't understand why a tree grows the way it does or why a person is in power when they're not that great. These are questions everyone has. ↗

— Chris Martin

#asks #being #does #everyone #existence

They were unable to stand up and say: "Here's our policy. It's Unite the world against terrorism." ↗

— Chris Matthews

#here #our #policy #say #stand

They don't think we're in touch with modern Britain, or understand modern Britain or like modern Britain. ↗

— Francis Maude

#like #modern #think #touch #understand

Our members are very much maligned. Obviously the average age is 60 something, but they all have children and grandchildren, they understand what we need to do, they want to win. ↗

— Francis Maude

#average #children #grandchildren #maligned #members

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#age #along #artist #go #must

In the end, people are persuaded not by what we say, but by what they understand. ↗

— John C. Maxwell

#in the end #people #persuaded #say #understand

Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing. ↗

— Rollo May

#community #intimacy #leads #mutual #understanding

It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle. ↗

— Rollo May

#courage #easier #freedom #greater #inner

Those outside of autism need to understand this is an epidemic and we need more government funding, insurance coverage and education reform. ↗

— Jenny McCarthy

#coverage #education #education reform #epidemic #funding