#yin

Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#best #business #carrying #considering #execution

Sometimes when my mom finds a fun article and really wants me to read it, I will. But I prefer to just kind of focus on what I want to do and not really what other people are saying, because I don't want that to affect me too much. ↗

— Missy Franklin

#article #because #finds #focus #fun

I think at a certain level compared - as was pointed out earlier, compared to what is happening in Europe, the United States still gets the safe-haven money. But underlying that, the United States is not the safe haven but perhaps the most dangerous place of all. ↗

— Mark Steyn

#certain level #compared #dangerous #dangerous place #earlier

Playing on the streets of Iraq, or in Israel or the Gaza strip, I'd sing angry protest songs against war. People would say, 'Make us clap, make us dance, and laugh and sing.' It really made me think about the importance of happy music. ↗

— Michael Franti

#against #angry #clap #dance #gaza

I was so emotional. Choked up. I could hardly talk all day. I'll be cleaning out my trailer and saying goodbye soon, realizing what a wonderful experience this has been. ↗

— Dennis Franz

#been #choked #cleaning #could #day

I think crime writing is my link with trying to preserve a sort of order. ↗

— Antonia Fraser

#i #i think #link #order #preserve

George of the Jungle is a cartoon. He's a guy who swings around on a vine all day. Are you not buying that? ↗

— Brendan Fraser

#around #buying #cartoon #day #george

I feel like I've reached an age where I can relax a little bit with the knowledge of what I've been through, take all that experience and use it. I love the challenge of trying to get back to where I've been, and beyond it. ↗

— Cathy Freeman

#back #been #beyond #bit #challenge

I was going to shave it. It went in two parts. I got a bob first but it kept falling all over my face. Then it was off, short. The main reason it was long was because my mother cut it short when I was little and I was trying to make up for that. ↗

— Cathy Freeman

#bob #cut #face #falling #first

Get busy living, or get busy dying. ↗

— Stephen King

#dying #get #living