#tall

I would be remiss if I left the impression that my life has been totally preoccupied with scholarly research. ↗

— Douglass North

#i #impression #left #life #my life

In their poverty, the mentally handicapped reveal God to us and hold us close to the gospel. ↗

— Henri Nouwen

#god #gospel #handicapped #hold #mentally

I came from a family where joining a union was the expected thing to do. I've always believed that the relationship between an employer and an individual worker is fundamentally unequal. ↗

— Frances O'Grady

#believed #between #came #employer #expected

I guess people think the taller you are the more dominant you have to be. ↗

— Shaquille O'Neal

#guess #i #more #people #taller

The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#crabgrass #democrats #elected #get #government

Except that awards are competitive, which is a negative thing, they are wonderful for singling out deserving individuals and bringing their work to the attention of many potential readers who might otherwise have been totally unaware of them. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#awards #been #bringing #competitive #deserving

It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st century, we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient, more transparent, and more creative. That will demand new thinking and a new sense of responsibility for every dollar that is spent. ↗

— Barack Obama

#build #business #century #change #creative

I'm not asking any of you to make drastic changes to every single one of your recipes or to totally change the way you do business. But what I am asking is that you consider reformulating your menu in pragmatic and incremental ways to create healthier versions of the foods that we all love. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#any #asking #business #change #changes

I think independent movies are actually very challenging right now, because it was this huge scene and it was great for a few years. Then, it was totally co-opted by the studios. Now, it's become very corporate, the independent scene. ↗

— Bob Odenkirk

#because #become #challenging #co-opted #corporate

After I got married, the first child born to us was mentally handicapped. ↗

— Kenzaburo Oe

#born #child #first #got #handicapped