#tire

It might have been easier to retire, to say my knee couldn't handle it and let that be that. At the same time, the prospect of not being able to compete in gymnastics anymore was heartbreaking. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#anymore #been #being #compete #easier

A lot of people are tired around here, but I'm not sure they're ready to lie down, stretch out and fall asleep. ↗

— Jim Jones

#asleep #down #fall #here #i

It is almost impossible to imagine that any one could be so insensible to the high morality of Mr. Mill's character as to suggest to him any course of conduct that was not entirely upright and consistent. ↗

— Millicent Fawcett

#any #character #conduct #consistent #could

It seems like there's a lot of people who just do not understand satire. They think it's weird. There's people who just don't understand you portray something or just explore a character, it means you're condoning it, saying this is the way to live. ↗

— Mike Judge

#explore #just #like #live #lot

I have inherited two of the most important brands in hip-hop, Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella. Reid and Universal Music Group have given me the opportunity to manage the companies I have contributed to my whole career. I feel this is a giant step for me and the entire artist community. ↗

— Jay-Z

#brands #career #community #companies #contributed

There was no race - but to the extent that there was an arms competition, it was almost entirely on the Soviet side, first to catch up and then to surpass the Americans. ↗

— Herman Kahn

#arms #catch #competition #entirely #extent

Live performance really terrifies me. I haven't done it, really, in years. I think that's why I retired from my brief career in stand-up. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#career #done #haven #i #i think

Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be carved. ↗

— Immanuel Kant

#crooked #entirely #made #man #nothing

In fact, our monthly trade deficit figure is so huge it equals the entire annual budget of our Department of Veterans Affairs. Veterans fought to make us free from foreign tyranny, but the new tyranny is taking a different form. ↗

— Marcy Kaptur

#annual #budget #deficit #department #different

He killed his enemies because he was afraid they would kill him. Amin ordered entire tribes to be put to death, because he feared they would rebel. ↗

— Ryszard Kapuscinski

#amin #because #death #entire #feared