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There is darkness in light, there is pain in joy, and there are thorns on the rose. ↗

— Cate Tiernan

#magic #poetry #romance #tiernan #light

Waiting is a form of passive persistence. ↗

— Ogwo David Emenike

#persistence #waiting #persistence

Prolific irony - For 8 years, the finger on the button that could end the world belonged to a president who couldn't pronounce the word "nuclear. ↗

— T. Rafael Cimino

#americans #atomic-bomb #george-bush #nuclear #nuclear-weapons

One of the things that therapists do if you are suicidal, like a trick, is ask you about the future. They want to know what your plans are. Do you want to be the president? Do you want to be a rock star? They want to know if you want to live later even if you want to die now. ↗

— Albert Borris

#future #suicide #therapy #president

Margaret: Can I - can I just say something for the future? Leo: Yeah. Margaret: I can sign the President's name. I have his signature down pretty good. Leo: You can sign the President's name? Margaret: Yeah. Leo: On a document removing him from power and handing it to someone else? Margaret: Yeah! Or... do you think the White House Counsel would say that was a bad idea? Leo: I think the White House Counsel would say it was a coup d'etat! Margaret: Well. I'd probably end up doing some time for that. Leo: I would think. And what the hell were you doing practicing the President's signature? Margaret: It was just for fun. ↗

— Aaron Sorkin

#president

That's what I like to call him, "the current president." I find it difficult to say or type his name, George W. Bush. I like to call him "the current president" because it's a hopeful phrase, implying that his administration is only temporary. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#president

Listen to me, goblin. You're stupid, let's accept that and move on. ↗

— Eoin Colfer

#artemis #artemis-fowl #fowl #goblin #stupid

I often think that men don't understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#men #noble #men

No matter how big the lie; repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as the truth. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#hype #ignorance #indoctrination #influence #power

Our conduct has a direct influence on how people think about the gospel.The world doesn't judge us by our theology; the world judges us by our behavior. People don't necessarily want to know what we believe about the Bible. They want to see if what we believe makes a difference in our lives. Our actions either bring glory to God or misrepresent His truth. ↗

— Carolyn Mahaney

#godly-womanhood #spiritual #influence