#tory

I must be honest. I can only read so many paragraphs of a New York Times story before I puke. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

#honest #i #i can #many #must

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#heaven #hell #neither #nor #purgatory

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#act #anew #case #difficulty #dogmas

To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#bloody #bullets #give #necessary #only

This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions. ↗

— Titus Livius

#actions #before #desirable #exemplary #eyes

Throughout this country's history there have of course been systematic efforts to create an official underclass. ↗

— Eric Liu

#country #course #create #efforts #history

Conventional forms of narrative allow for different points of view, but for this book I wanted a structure whereby each of the main characters contributed a distinctive version of the story. ↗

— Penelope Lively

#book #characters #contributed #conventional #different

Equally, we require a collective past - hence the endless reinterpretations of history, frequently to suit the perceptions of the present. ↗

— Penelope Lively

#endless #equally #frequently #hence #history

I am now reading Cooper's Naval History which I find very interesting. ↗

— John D. Long

#cooper #find #history #i #i am

In my family, there was one cardinal priority - education. College was not an option; it was mandatory. So even though we didn't have a lot of money, we made it work. I signed up for financial aid, Pell Grants, work study, anything I could. ↗

— Eva Longoria

#anything #cardinal #college #could #education