#us

About six weeks later, she called because she had found a dress. And then she said yes. ↗

— Maury Povich

#because #called #dress #found #had

People think that because a novel's invented, it isn't true. Exactly the reverse is the case. Biography and memoirs can never be wholly true, since they cannot include every conceivable circumstance of what happened. The novel can do that. ↗

— Anthony Powell

#biography #cannot #case #circumstance #conceivable

But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you've got to compromise. You've got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward. ↗

— Colin Powell

#compromise #compromises #consensus #constitution #country

Some people accuse the new generation of being ignorant, maybe ignorant for the old generation, but it's a new language. ↗

— Domenico Dolce

#being #generation #ignorant #language #maybe

You need to be ahead of the game just enough so that you can have what people want in the shops when they want it. ↗

— Domenico Dolce

#enough #game #just #need #people

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. ↗

— Colin Powell

#force #multiplier #optimism #perpetual

It isn't enough just to scream at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. We need our political system to start reflect this anger back into, 'How do we fix it? How do we get the economy going again?' ↗

— Colin Powell

#anger #back #demonstrations #economy #enough

My own experience is use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight of the need to reach out and talk to other people who don't share your view. Listen to them and see if you can find a way to compromise. ↗

— Colin Powell

#digital #digital world #experience #find #listen

What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God. ↗

— Eleanor Powell

#gift #god #our #us

Events are moving so fast and what in one moment seems impossible, the next is happening. I'm sure historians will, in time, provide theories and analysis, but for now I think most of us simply want the tide stemmed. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#events #fast #happening #historians #i