#ties

Once I opened my eyes to the realities of life, I couldn't close them. ↗

— Emmanuelle Beart

#eyes #i #life #once #opened

I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#certainties #comfort #i #love #me

The current system punishes communities which make the investment in creating landfills, only to have them filled by states which refuse to adequately address their waste issues. ↗

— Paul Gillmor

#adequately #communities #creating #current #filled

The lack of health care coverage has remained very important to me during my time in Congress and as a member of the House Subcommittee on Health, I am working hard with my colleagues to correct these inequalities. ↗

— Paul Gillmor

#care #colleagues #congress #correct #coverage

Western countries in particular can today no longer be separated from Muslim societies, because they have them within themselves. They are themselves internally globalized. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#countries #globalized #internally #longer #muslim

I'm shy, but I'm not clinically shy. I don't have social anxiety disorder or anything like that. I more have a gentle shyness. Like, I have a little trouble mingling at parties. ↗

— Samantha Bee

#anything #disorder #gentle #i #like

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#life #luxury #necessities

Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties. ↗

— Ahmed Ben Bella

#leftists #once #other #parties #power

If he wins seven golds and ties what I did, then it would be like I was the first man on the moon and he became the second. If he wins more than seven, then he becomes the first man on Mars. We'd both be unique. ↗

— Mark Spitz

#becomes #both #did #first #i

After 25-plus years as a lawyer, prosecutor, and defense attorney, I have developed a deep appreciation for both the wisdom of the law and the role that jurists play in framing the rights and responsibilities that define our society. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#appreciation #attorney #both #deep #defense