#crush

This circulating medium has a natural tendency to lessen by degrees the value and the use of money, and finally to render it powerless; and consequently to sweep away all the crushing masses of fraud, iniquity, cruelty, corruption and imposition that are built upon it. ↗

— Josiah Warren

#built #circulating #consequently #corruption #cruelty

When I was 15, I had a crush on this guy who was really good at magic, and so I learned to juggle, thinking it would impress him. I spent hours and hours practicing, planning to show him. And then I never even saw him again. But at least I learned how to juggle. ↗

— Danica McKellar

#crush #even #good #guy #had

Shigure Sohma: So anyway I was wondering if you could stop by the house and take a look at Tohru's cut. That is if it isn't a problem. Hatori Sohma: No problem. I'll stop by the house this evening. Shigure Sohma: Hmmm What's this Hatori I don't think I ever heard you sound so eager to come over. Could it be you have a secret crush on Tohru [long silence from the other end of the phone] Shigure Sohma: [shouts] I knew it You naughty naughty man you Hatori Sohma: No I was simply too amazed by your stupidity to say anything. ↗

— Natsuki Takaya

#dog #dragon #fruits-basket #funny #hatori

Even so, one step from my grave, I believe that cruelty, spite, The powers of darkness will in time, Be crushed by the spirit of light. ↗

— Boris Pasternak

#cruelty #crushed #darkness #even #grave

Praise and criticism seem to me to operate exactly on the same level. If you get a great review, it's really thrilling for about ten minutes. If you get a bad review, it's really crushing for ten minutes. Either way, you go on. ↗

— Ann Patchett

#bad #bad review #criticism #crushing #either

I discovered my wife in bed with another man, and I was crushed. So I said, 'Get off me, you two!' ↗

— Emo Philips

#another man #bed #crushed #discovered #get

The last thing on my mind was to be an actor, but I had a crush on a cute girl in the drama department, so the best thing for me to do was audition, help out, do carpentry, whatever it took to get me on that project. ↗

— John Ratzenberger

#audition #best #carpentry #crush #cute

I wanted to analyse and understand how the Chinese people could have their lives so crushed by fear. ↗

— Ma Jian

#chinese #chinese people #could #crushed #fear

You get crushes on people. You have to see them every day in that week. They're a fantastic person, and it could be a man or a woman. ↗

— Jennifer Saunders

#could #crushes #day #every #every day

Don't think of him as a Republican. Think of him as the man I love, and if that doesn't work, think of him as the man who can crush you. ↗

— Maria Shriver

#him #i #i love #love #man