#to

With action films, it's great if it's not just driven by action, but by a good story and interesting characters, as well. Though, there's nothin' like kicking butt! ↗

— Dwayne Johnson

#action films #characters #driven #films #good

During the election, I had three male opponents and we went into a runoff. The front runner for the men was a native of Dallas who had run at large before, but I had a higher profile than him from my community service. ↗

— Eddie Bernice Johnson

#community #community service #dallas #during #election

We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions. ↗

— Gary Johnson

#budget #collapse #decisions #financial #financial collapse

Generally speaking, historically in this country, the care of a child has been thought of as female business. ↗

— Eddie Bernice Johnson

#been #business #care #child #country

I try hard to convince them it's important - but there's a history of discomfort with minorities voting in some parts of this country, so most especially the older people have to get accustomed to it. ↗

— Eddie Bernice Johnson

#convince #country #discomfort #especially #get

Our first phase was inviting all the women Ambassadors who were here from other countries and trying to get in touch with all the peace centers around the country in order to focus on increasing the volume and activity toward peace. ↗

— Eddie Bernice Johnson

#around #centers #countries #country #first

Our second phase was to develop a school curriculum that teaches tolerance, respect for differences, conflict resolution, anger management, and other attributes of peace. ↗

— Eddie Bernice Johnson

#attributes #conflict #curriculum #develop #differences

Right after 9/11 there was a magazine with a cover of kids, mostly 12-14 year-olds, who were being trained for military combat. I thought that this had just gone too far. ↗

— Eddie Bernice Johnson

#being #combat #cover #far #gone

How can we hold onto those fleeting moments in our lives? Hold onto the moments that otherwise evaporate into the forgotten past? Or moments that become faded and morphed into our own version of reality as they sit in the corners of our memories, losing their truth and shifting focus? The only way to hold onto these moments and share them for years to come, in all their beauty and truth and glorious imperfections, without losing accuracy is through a photograph. ↗

— Rosanne Moreland

#photography-memory-immortality #beauty

Then I thought I was going to be a photographer. I tried a hand at darkroom technician. I played in a band. It took me quite some time to discover that I wanted to write. ↗

— Guy Johnson

#darkroom #discover #going #hand #i