#ura

It is only through contact and comparison that the relative value or worthlessness of the various cultural elements can be clearly and critically seen and understood. ↗

— Hu Shih

#comparison #contact #critically #cultural #elements

But, also, before I even go on the Medicare prescription drug debate, I always tell the folks in rural Illinois, and I represent 30 counties south of Springfield down to Indiana and Kentucky, that in this bill is the best rural package for hospitals ever passed. ↗

— John Shimkus

#always #before #best #bill #counties

The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy. ↗

— Florence Scovel Shinn

#astounding #deeds #game #later #life

Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#fragile #fragile thing #maintain #peace #secure

The natural idealism of youth is an idealism, alas, for which we do not always provide as many outlets as we should. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

#always #idealism #many #natural #outlets

Life is the most exciting opportunity we have. But we have one shot. You graduate from college once, and that's it. You're going out of that nest. And you have to find that courage that's deep, deep, deep in there. Every step of the way. ↗

— Andrew Shue

#college #courage #deep #every #every step

Her problem is with pretty,” Tennyson said. "She thinks I’ll need all these dresses in college. Like I would ever in a billion years pledge a sorority. I’ll pack a few of these to be ironic, though. I can wear them to, like, truck stops at night with mascara running down my cheeks and stuff. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

#college #college-application #dresses #glass-girl #graduation

Well the way we perceive accuracy and what accuracy is statistically are really two different things. ↗

— Nate Silver

#different #different things #perceive #really #statistically

I didn't want to get married - I thought it was like a cult! It seemed so conservative and unnatural. ↗

— Alicia Silverstone

#cult #get #get married #i #like

Tears are the natural penalties of pleasure. It is a law that we should pay for all that we enjoy. ↗

— William Gilmore Simms

#law #natural #pay #penalties #pleasure