#tar

Ronald Reagan's vision of smaller government, less taxes, and a strong national defense has led to a prosperous America. As president, he rebuilt our military and reinvigorated our confidence in ourselves. ↗

— David Vitter

#confidence #defense #government #led #less

I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday. Also, my love for good writing pushed me. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#also #because #books #boy #good

The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life and working unerringly, neither depressed by failure nor seduced by applause. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

#depressed #failure #go #guiding #life

Overwhelmingly, Israel's political and military establishment want the rest of the world to act diplomatically or otherwise to stop Iran. But if that doesn't happen, then the impulse toward the use of force will become quite strong. ↗

— Dennis Ross

#become #establishment #force #happen #impulse

There is no pressure on me, I can take a lot of risks in the coming weeks. I feel free to ski the way I decide on race-day because the overall title was not my main target this winter. ↗

— Hermann Maier

#coming #decide #feel #free #i

Culture's worth huge, huge risks. Without culture we're all totalitarian beasts. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#culture #huge #risks #totalitarian #without

The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself. ↗

— Ella Maillart

#channels #cherished #confidence #did #difficult

You can feel as brave as Columbus starting for the unknown the first time you enter a Chinese lane full of boys laughing at you, or when you risk climbing down in a Tibetan pub for a meal of rotten meat. ↗

— Ella Maillart

#chinese #climbing #columbus #down #enter

Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#civilization #exists #found #wherever

I started out wanting to coach football. ↗

— Lee Majors

#football #i #out #started #wanting