#throw

The dark shadow we seem to see in the distance is not really a mountain ahead, but the shadow of the mountain behind - a shadow from the past thrown forward into our future. It is a dark sludge of historical sectarianism. We can leave it behind us if we wish. ↗

— David Trimble

#behind #dark #distance #forward #future

When Bryan Price taught me how to throw a changeup, he made me see myself. All my life, I've been the equivalent of a fastball pitcher - trying to use blazing speed and brute force to wow the people around me. ↗

— Eric Liu

#been #blazing #brute #brute force #bryan

The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves. ↗

— Leon Trotsky

#character #completely #conditions #customary #defined

Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight. ↗

— Rollo May

#choose #freedom #human #human freedom #involves

Before you throw it away, let Mighty Mendit save the day. ↗

— Billy Mays

#before #day #mighty #save #throw

The theory of rights enables us to rise and overthrow obstacles, but not to found a strong and lasting accord between all the elements which compose the nation. ↗

— Giuseppe Mazzini

#between #compose #elements #enables #found

I once threw a water balloon on a girl because I caught her cheating on me. She was kissing my friend and I thought, 'Oh, this can't be happening.' It was bad and I was much older than you think throwing a water balloon. I was 14. ↗

— Breckin Meyer

#balloon #because #caught #cheating #friend

We were never thrown into the situation in the middle of our lives, but grew up doing it. This is all we know, and some people who were thrown into it don't really know what to do or how to react and this is just kind of natural for us. ↗

— Mary-Kate Olsen

#grew #how #into #just #kind

There are two kinds of directors: There's the kind where two plus two equals four, and you have to help them figure it out. And then there's the kind that throws you in a room, locks the door, sets the house on fire and films it. ↗

— Michael Pitt

#door #equals #figure #films #fire

I want so much for my lover. At night when our beds are drawn close together I waken and see his dear yellow head on the pillow - sometimes his arm thrown over on my bed - and I kiss his hand, very softly so that it will not waken him. ↗

— Dawn Powell

#bed #beds #close #dear #drawn