#try

There is a tendency to try to dumb everything down and turn everything into a one-paragraph press release or even less, just a slogan. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

#dumb #even #everything #into #just

Maybe I'm naive, but I subscribe to the idea that nobody is actually making strategic decisions about their career. Trying to do that would be like playing three-card monte on Canal Street. ↗

— Benjamin Walker

#actually #canal #career #decisions #i

From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned. ↗

— Charles Sumner

#afflicted #been #beginning #compromise #country

We lived on a farm in the English countryside, where we wrote a lot of our music. You really were treated like an artist during those days-not like product, which is now the mode. ↗

— Gary Wright

#countryside #during #english #english countryside #farm

It's a great feeling to be recognized by your peers. It's an even better feeling to be welcomed and accepted by country radio and its listeners. If desire is any part of this equation, then I'm a contender! ↗

— Chely Wright

#any #better #contender #country #country radio

Of course, I grew up in Communist Romania, but I am happy to say that now our country is democratic, and prospering, since the revolution in 1989. ↗

— Nadia Comaneci

#communist #country #course #democratic #grew

I was teaching in one of the universities while the country was suffering from a severe famine. People were dying of hunger, and I felt very helpless. As an economist, I had no tool in my tool box to fix that kind of situation. ↗

— Muhammad Yunus

#country #dying #economist #famine #felt

It is a pain in the ass waiting around for someone to try to kill you. ↗

— Roger Zelazny

#ass #kill #pain #someone #try

You should examine yourself daily. If you find faults, you should correct them. When you find none, you should try even harder. ↗

— Xi Zhi

#daily #even #examine #faults #find

God gives me the children's ministry heart and patience. This is what He wants. It's awesome. I don't know where He's gonna take it - but God is building this thing. ↗

— Willie Aames

#awesome #building #children #gives #god