#thing

I was very careful to send Mr. Roosevelt every few days a statement of our casualties. I tried to keep before him all the time the casualty results because you get hardened to these things and you have to be very careful to keep them always in the forefront of your mind. ↗

— George C. Marshall

#because #before #careful #casualties #casualty

When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective. ↗

— George C. Marshall

#done #forward #look #next #objective

I think my main objective is to watch as many players as I can and grab a little bit from each of them, especially the things they do well. ↗

— Marta

#each #especially #grab #i #i can

If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his house, what books he may read or what films he may watch. ↗

— Thurgood Marshall

#amendment #anything #books #business #films

A movie is so visually powerful, so overwhelming, that it tends to crowd out how you might have imagined things. ↗

— Yann Martel

#how #imagined #might #movie #out

Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it. ↗

— Ralph Marston

#appreciate #appreciation #around #expectation #express

For young girls, whom I meet a lot when I travel around the country, it will be a big thing. It will really show them that there's no post in Denmark that a girl can't aspire to. ↗

— Helle Thorning-Schmidt

#aspire #big #big thing #country #denmark

Books are something social - a writer speaking to a reader - so I think making the reading of a book the center of a social event, the meeting of a book club, is a brilliant idea. ↗

— Yann Martel

#books #brilliant #center #club #event

Cinema is visually powerful, it is a complete experience, reaches a different audience. It's something I really like. I like movies. ↗

— Yann Martel

#cinema #complete #different #experience #i

Every book I've written has been a different attempt to understand something, and the success or failure of the previous one is irrelevant. I write the book I want. ↗

— Yann Martel

#been #book #different #every #failure