#tribute

You don’t have a soul, Doctor. You are a soul. You have a body, temporarily. ↗

— Walter M. Miller Jr.

#misattributed-to-c-s-lewis #body

I was a child when the March on Washington led by Martin Luther King occurred, and I wanted to hear what was going on. I wanted to be a part of it. I wanted to contribute in the best way I possibly could. ↗

— Andre Braugher

#best way #child #contribute #could #going

I needed to explain that Louisiana's coast accepts the drainage from two-thirds of the United States and, while the necessary levees constructed upstream have prevented floods, they have also contributed to problems downstream. ↗

— John Breaux

#also #coast #constructed #contributed #downstream

I like visiting people's homes on Saint Joseph's Day, when people set up altars, serve food as a tribute to the saint, and invite the public - I enjoy that much more than Mardi Gras. ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

#day #enjoy #food #homes #i

When you live in a place, you're not just taking from it, you're contributing to it. In America I would never be able to make myself a person who could contribute. I wasn't interested in that society; I was interested in this society. ↗

— Bryan Brown

#america #contribute #contributing #could #i

Whether you are an astronomer or a life scientist, geophysicist, or a pilot, you've got to be there because you believe you are good in your field, and you can contribute, not because you are going to get a lot of fame or whatever when you get back. ↗

— Alan Shepard

#back #because #believe #contribute #fame

Universal was absolutely marvelous about sitting down with me and listening to my input. It wasn't something where they chose a bunch of songs that were best sellers. They did a marvelous job on the packaging. It's a beautiful tribute. ↗

— Rita Coolidge

#absolutely #beautiful #best #bunch #chose

By the Obama administration's reasoning, it would be constitutionally permissible to make Americans purchase nearly any product (broccoli, gym membership) that improved their health and thereby contributed to lower health-care costs. ↗

— John Cornyn

#any #broccoli #care costs #constitutionally #contributed

An abundant supply of excellent water, forming a volume equal in bulk to the human body, is conveyed by one of these pipes, and distributed about the city, where it is used by the inhabitants for drink and other purposes. ↗

— Hernando Cortes

#abundant #body #bulk #city #conveyed

Cats are anthropomorphised in art because they are so laid back that you automatically attribute human thoughts and feelings to them. ↗

— Jim Davis

#attribute #automatically #back #because #cats