#diction

It's not the physical location of birth that defines citizenship, but whether your parents are citizens, and the express or implied consent to jurisdiction of the sovereign. ↗

— Phyllis Schlafly

#citizens #citizenship #consent #defines #express

For a while, I had this uncontrollable urge - this addiction to danger. Now I look back and I think, 'Gee, what an idiot. I was risking my life just for the sensation of it.' ↗

— Steven Seagal

#back #danger #gee #had #i

I think people have to choose between living with contradictions or painting themselves into a corner. I have a lot of contradictions. ↗

— Michelle Shocked

#choose #contradictions #corner #i #i think

Human decision-making is complex. On our own, our tendency to yield to short-term temptations, and even to addictions, may be too strong for our rational, long-term planning. ↗

— Peter Singer

#complex #decision-making #even #human #long-term

When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time. ↗

— Saint Francis de Sales

#break #contradictions #difficulties #encounter #gentleness

To write a book about improvisation is partly a contradiction in terms. Improvisation is spontaneous. It's in the moment. ↗

— Sally Schneider

#book #contradiction #improvisation #moment #partly

One of the problems with even suggesting that purpose of a Federal law is for law enforcement officers to assist in protecting the public outside their jurisdictions is that it may give them encouragement or even a sense of obligation to do so. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#encouragement #enforcement #even #federal #federal law

Yes, I have patterns of love addiction. But I'm a woman. Of course I do. ↗

— Emma Forrest

#love #love-addiction #women #humor

Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#dictionary #poetry #rhyming #seen #things

I wanted to do an episode about Chuck having a gambling problem. I wanted to portray my addiction on the show. But I think it's a little edgy for Saturday night. ↗

— Fisher Stevens

#addiction #chuck #edgy #episode #gambling