#assure

I never wanted to write. I just wrote letters home from a kibbutz in Israel to reassure my parents that I was still alive and well fed and having a great time. They thought these letters were brilliant and sent them to a newspaper. So I became a writer by accident. ↗

— Maeve Binchy

#alive #became #brilliant #fed #great

Maybe it's because my mother divorced and my grandmother divorced, so maybe I'm frightened deep down. But then I also feel there is no real need. Why do I need to get married? To reassure me? No I don't need reassurance. ↗

— Juliette Binoche

#because #deep #deep down #divorced #down

The current health crisis, however, is a little more the work of the evil empire. We were told, we were assured, that the more meat and dairy and poultry we ate, the healthier we'd be. ↗

— Mark Bittman

#ate #crisis #current #dairy #empire

I find it odd that there's such strong objection to what is a clear way to assure that our elections are reliable and we can do a recount if there are any questions. ↗

— Joan Blades

#assure #clear #elections #find #i

People think you know beforehand when you win an Oscar - I can assure you you don't. ↗

— Judi Dench

#beforehand #i #i can #know #oscar

Without that assured American largesse Israel would have been obliged to come to an accommodation with her neighbours. ↗

— Mary Douglas

#american #assured #been #come #her

I also hear your president say that war is the means of last resort and I think he means that. I met him last autumn and he assured me that they wanted to come through and disarm Iraq by peaceful means, and that's what we are trying to do as hard as we can. ↗

— Hans Blix

#assured #autumn #come #disarm #hard

I always made a point of telling the doctors I was sane, and asking to be released, but the more I endeavored to assure them of my sanity, the more they doubted it. ↗

— Nellie Bly

#asking #assure #doctors #doubted #endeavored

Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#assure #difficulties #greater #i #i can

Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit. ↗

— Epictetus

#assured #evil #habit #increased #only