#them

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#africa #bible #came #closed #eyes

Rural Americans want leaders who help middle-class communities to plan and prosper over the long-term - not opportunists who reap the rewards for themselves, leaving nothing for the people who do the sowing. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#for the people #help #leaders #leaving #long-term

Somewhere between 50 to 60 percent of the food you eat has been touched by immigrant hands, and it is fair to say some of them are not here as they should be here. But if you didn't have these folks, you would be spending a lot more - three, four or five times more - for food, or we would have to import food and have all the food security risks. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#between #eat #fair #five #folks

Comedy covers such a wide range of different styles that I'm not really qualified to talk on all of them any more than anyone else is. ↗

— Tim Vine

#anyone #comedy #covers #different #different styles

As for the historical inspirations I drew on in writing The Snow Queen, I suppose I would call them more cross-cultural inspirations, though they frequently involve past societies as well as present day ones. ↗

— Joan D. Vinge

#day #drew #frequently #historical #i

The futures and ultimate fates of the characters in The Snow Queen are profoundly changed by choices made in their own minds or hearts, as well as choices unexpectedly forced on them by things beyond their control. ↗

— Joan D. Vinge

#changed #characters #choices #control #fates

Throughout the ages, stories with certain basic themes have recurred over and over, in widely disparate cultures; emerging like the goddess Venus from the sea of our unconscious. ↗

— Joan D. Vinge

#basic #certain #cultures #disparate #emerging

It was important to score points today and I went for them with my guts. ↗

— Richard Virenque

#i #important #points #score #them

I don't know if everybody is ready to hear a woman tell them so-and-so is going to run off left tackle. But you know what? They're going to hear it. ↗

— Lesley Visser

#going #hear #i #know #left

The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them. ↗

— Swami Vivekananda

#come #god #hearts #more #others