#tru

The idea that you can get everything you want in one person is destructive, and maybe when you accept that the number is closer to 50 or 60 or 70 percent, that's when you can start to make some progress in choosing the right person. ↗

— Michelle Williams

#choosing #closer #destructive #everything #get

When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy. ↗

— Barry White

#find #forced #hypocrisy #i #my own

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal. ↗

— Tennessee Williams

#betrayal #defense #distrust #each #only

Even when I was Archbishop of Wales and working with new bishops, I used to say, not realising quite how true it was, 'One of the things you will do as a bishop is disappoint people'. ↗

— Rowan Williams

#bishop #bishops #disappoint #even #how

In the 18th century, James Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny, and Richard Arkwright pioneered the water-propelled spinning frame which led to the mass production of cotton. This was truly revolutionary. The cotton manufacturers created a whole new class of people - the urban proletariat. The structure of society itself would never be the same. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#century #class #cotton #created #frame

Of all liars the most arrogant are biographers: those who would have us believe, having surveyed a few boxes full of letters, diaries, bank statements and photographs, that they can play at the recording angel and tell the whole truth about another human life. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#angel #another #arrogant #bank #believe

People are saying that I'm an alcoholic, and that's not true, because I only drink when I work, and I'm a workaholic. ↗

— Ron White

#because #drink #i #only #people

We can forgive the Arabs for killing our children. We cannot forgive them for forcing us to kill their children. We will only have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us. ↗

— Golda Meir

#sad-truth #forgiveness

I had been playing for about a year and a half when the Beach Boys formed. When our folks went to Mexico on business, we would take the food money they had left us and we would rent instruments. ↗

— Carl Wilson

#beach #beach boys #been #business #folks

All children should be taught to unconditionally accept, approve, admire, appreciate, forgive, trust, and ultimately, love their own person. ↗

— Asa Don Brown

#admiration #american #canadian #counseling #encouraging-and-empowering-girls