#th

My poems are almost all written as Diane. I don't have any problems with that, and if other women choose to identify with this, I think that's terrific. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#any #choose #diane #i #i think

This is Port of Spain to me, a city ideal in its commercial and human proportions, where a citizen is a walker and not a pedestrian, and this is how Athens may have been before it became a cultural echo. ↗

— Derek Walcott

#became #been #before #citizen #city

I am maintaining my schedule of commuting to Washington, D.C. each week from Oregon so that I can spend my weekends and days when we are not in session traveling to communities throughout my district. ↗

— Greg Walden

#communities #commuting #days #district #each

Many individual growers now are growing organic fruit, and many are taking it upon themselves to market their own products to the public, as opposed to necessarily going through big processors, although, obviously, the bulk of the fruit still is dealt with that way. ↗

— Greg Walden

#big #bulk #dealt #fruit #going

It may be a mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy. ↗

— Mercy Otis Warren

#cruelty #disposed #man #may #mistake

Public emergencies may require the hand of severity to fall heavily on those who are not personally guilty, but compassion prompts, and ever urges to milder methods. ↗

— Mercy Otis Warren

#emergencies #ever #fall #guilty #hand

The bulk of mankind have indeed, in all countries in their turn, been made the prey of ambition. ↗

— Mercy Otis Warren

#been #bulk #countries #indeed #made

Whether fuel cell system development in central Oregon, wind power generation along the Columbia Gorge, or geothermal energy in southern Oregon, investing in new energy sources makes America more energy independent while creating good paying, environmentally friendly jobs. ↗

— Greg Walden

#america #cell #central #columbia #creating

My view is that good community management is like having good municipal government: You should be able to have dissenting opinions and so on, freedom of speech, but your grandmother should also be able to walk down the street at night without having to worry about getting mugged. ↗

— Jimmy Wales

#about #also #community #down #freedom

Things work well when a group of people know each other, and things break down when it's a bunch of random people interacting. ↗

— Jimmy Wales

#bunch #down #each #group #interacting