#us

I try really hard to give my kids as much independence as I can, caring mostly about their character: Are they kind? Generous? Do they work hard? ↗

— Elisabeth Shue

#caring #character #generous #give #hard

We shouldn't have politicians micromanaging this war because it is complex and unconventional. ↗

— Bill Shuster

#complex #politicians #unconventional #war

I try to make my music have the quiet spaces of folk, the intimacy, and the energy of rock. ↗

— Jane Siberry

#folk #i #intimacy #make #music

So there's kind of a simultaneous aspect to pushing the boundaries, and being very safe. ↗

— Bill Sienkiewicz

#being #boundaries #kind #pushing #safe

That was a real learning element for me, because I realized that the more true you are to yourself, the more you will lose people. ↗

— Bill Sienkiewicz

#element #i #learning #lose #me

In times when religious or political faith or hope predominates, the writer functions totally in unison with society, and expresses society's feelings, beliefs, and hopes in perfect harmony. ↗

— Juan Goytisolo

#expresses #faith #feelings #functions #harmony

When I was 8 years old, my brother was making the noises of the animals I was eating, so I decided to go vegetarian. Then I would give up because I was 8. ↗

— Alicia Silverstone

#brother #decided #eating #give #go

The dread of criticism is the death of genius. ↗

— William Gilmore Simms

#death #dread #genius

The genius of the American system is that through freedom we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordinary people. ↗

— Phil Gramm

#created #extraordinary #freedom #genius #old

Obviously we want to keep the jobs we've got. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#jobs #keep #obviously #want