#times

They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colors but black, then I am superstitious in not wearing black. ↗

— John Selden

#am #black #colors #i #i am

On his own okay, Bush has authorized eavesdropping on as many as a thousand people over the past three years, with some of those intercepts being purely domestic, the New York Times reported. ↗

— Margaret Carlson

#being #bush #domestic #eavesdropping #his

Sometimes, on a personal level, I wince. ↗

— Terry Semel

#level #personal #personal level #sometimes #wince

Humor can make a serious difference. In the workplace, at home, in all areas of life – looking for a reason to laugh is necessary. A sense of humor helps us to get through the dull times, cope with the difficult times, enjoy the good times and manage the scary times. ↗

— Steve Goodier

#boredom #cope #coping #difficuties #fear

I am facing the most difficult thing of my life, my own greatest failure. ↗

— Richard Paul Evans

#difficult-times #facing-problems #failure #life

There's nothing special about you,' said the man. 'There's nothing special about any of us.' His gesture embraced them all: prisoners, guards, foremen. ↗

— J.M. Coetzee

#life

In Shahid's view, the best way through difficult times, as through life in general, was just to go along with things. It was a rare problem that couldn't be solved by being ignored. ↗

— John Lanchester

#difficulties #going-along #ignoring-things #life #problems

Children see things very well sometimes - and idealists even better. ↗

— Lorraine Hansberry

#children #even #idealists #see #sometimes

I moved around 13 different times before I was in fifth grade, not having money, not having a lot of friends. ↗

— Tonya Harding

#before #different #different times #fifth #friends

Sometimes you have to be selfish to be selfless. ↗

— Edward Albert

#selfless #sometimes #you