#sued

But my strength was in singing and songwriting, which was a new discovery for me when I was 18. And I decided if I pursued songwriting, which is what was closest to my heart, then there would be no competition. I would just live my life being myself and living my dream. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#being myself #closest #competition #decided #discovery

Gen. Banks has issued an order for the instruction of Negro children. Schoolhouses are to be built or rented and Teachers hired for this purpose, and the farmers and planters are to pay the Taxes in support of this. ↗

— Knute Nelson

#built #children #farmers #gen #hired

They feel assured, as to yourself, that if the option remain with you, it is but a question of time and of form when and how a proclamation of emancipation will be issued. ↗

— Robert Dale Owen

#emancipation #feel #form #how #issued

That's what noir feels like to me. It feels like some kind of recurring dream, with very strong archetypes operating. You know, the guilty girl being pursued, falling, all kinds of stuff that we see in our dreams all the time. ↗

— Brian De Palma

#being #dream #dreams #falling #feels

No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No study, pursued under compulsion, remains rooted in the memory. ↗

— Plato

#man #memory #mix #ought #pursued

Money is usually attracted, not pursued. ↗

— Jim Rohn

#money #pursued #usually

Over the past decade... while many businesses have pursued what I call 'business as usual,' I have been part of a different, smaller business movement, one that tried to put idealism back on the agenda. ↗

— Anita Roddick

#back #been #business #businesses #call

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become. ↗

— Jim Rohn

#become #person #pursued #success #success is

At Johnny's suggestion I pursued a career in radio that eventually brought me to Los Angeles. ↗

— Randy West

#brought #career #eventually #i #johnny

There's always cause for concern if bad policies are pursued. ↗

— Jack Kemp

#bad #cause #concern #policies #pursued