#counter

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats. ↗

— B. C. Forbes

#become #before #defeats #demonstrated #discouraged

Although they are some of the hardest working folks I know, rural Americans earn, on average, $11,000 less than their urban counterparts each year. And they are more likely to live in poverty. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#average #counterparts #each #earn #folks

In fact, death seems to have been a rather late invention in evolution. One can go a long way in evolution before encountering an authentic corpse. ↗

— George Wald

#been #before #corpse #death #encountering

You'll almost encounter a superstition amongst musicians, people sort of go through strange rituals, what they need to do to write a song. ↗

— Dar Williams

#amongst #encounter #go #musicians #need

I waited at the counter of a white restaurant for eleven years. When they finally integrated, they didn't have what I wanted. ↗

— Dick Gregory

#eleven #finally #i #integrated #restaurant

I know the situations that we do every week are all ones that I encounter in my life or will encounter. ↗

— Patricia Heaton

#every #i #know #life #my life

Democrats can neither control nor predict whether our GOP counterparts are really ready to play chicken with the U.S. economy. But we can assure the American people that our party takes the nation's faith and credit seriously. ↗

— Peter Welch

#american people #assure #chicken #control #counterparts

I'm beginning to think I have two years encountering sexism without really realising it. ↗

— Kristin Hersh

#encountering #i #realising #really #sexism

Nevertheless, whether in occurrences lasting days, hours or mere minutes at a time, I have experienced happiness often, and have had brief encounters with it in my later years, even in old age. ↗

— Herman Hesse

#brief #days #encounters #even #experienced

Ronald Reagan used to alarm his Soviet counterparts by saying that surely they'd both unite against an invasion from Mars. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#alarm #both #counterparts #his #invasion