#stand

the buddhists say there are 149 ways to god. i'm not looking for god, only for myself, and that is far more complicated. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#fate #self-discovery #understanding #destiny

I understand men much better than most women I know. ↗

— Catherine Bell

#i #know #men #most #much

The devil's happy when the critics run you off. ↗

— Criss Jami

#certainty #confidence #criticism #critics #determination

When my now ex wife said she wanted a separation, I was horrified. So I said, “You want me to wear a condom?!”
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— Jarod Kintz

#failure #false-conclusion #horrified #horror #mistake

This African American Vernacular English shares most of its grammar and vocabulary with other dialects of English. But it is distinct in many ways, and it is more different from standard English than any other dialect spoken in continental North America. ↗

— William Labov

#african american #america #american #any #continental

I tell her all the time I'd gladly retire and hang out with the kids and clean the house. I want to have a good life and great family, and from a professional standpoint I want to be successful, but it's not the most important thing at all. ↗

— Nick Lachey

#family #gladly #good #good life #great

Understanding how DNA transmits all it knows about cancer, physics, dreaming and love will keep man searching for some time. ↗

— David R. Brower

#cancer #dna #dreaming #how #keep

Nobody is poor unless he stand in need of justice. ↗

— Lactantius

#need #nobody #poor #stand #unless

There is no one, who possesses intelligence and uses reflection, who does not understand that it is one Being who both created all things and governs them with the same energy by which He created them. ↗

— Lactantius

#being #both #created #does #energy

I wanted to be a pianist but it just wasn't my thing. I guess I wanted to stand up rather than sit down. ↗

— Steve Lacy

#guess #i #just #pianist #rather