#fes

Our problem is not to find better values but to be faithful to those we profess. ↗

— John W. Gardner

#faithful #find #our #problem #profess

I performed in Sydney some years ago for the Sydney Festival and I am just so pleased to be returning to the wonderful Sydney Opera House and also performing in Melbourne for the first time. ↗

— Lesley Garrett

#also #am #festival #first #first time

Very few, if any, first-generation black or white or Asian kids will pursue a Ph.D. They'll pursue the professions for economic security. Many will go to law school and/or business school. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#asian #black #black or white #business #business school

There are absolutely lots of teachers who are trying to come into the profession, but they are not attracted enough to say, 'I'm going to switch careers to do it,' or they are often not retained... because the salaries and the compensation aren't there to make it happen. ↗

— Melinda Gates

#attracted #because #careers #come #compensation

As a professional writer of detective stories, I string along with the ballplayers. I love a ball game. ↗

— Rex Stout

#ball #ball game #ballplayers #detective #detective stories

After trying Atkins and doing Nutrisystem a few times, now I'm just focused on maintaining a healthy lifestyle rather than dieting. ↗

— Miranda Lambert

#atkins #dieting #doing #few #focused

Most of me was glad when my mother died. She was a handful, but not in a cute, festive way. More in a life-threatening way, that had caused me a long time ago to give up all hope of ever feeling good about having had her as a mother. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#ago #caused #cute #died #ever

When obedience to the Divine precepts keeps pace with knowledge, in the mind of any man, that man is a Christian; and when the fruits of Christianity are produced, that man is a disciple of our blessed Lord, let his profession of religion be what it may. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

#blessed #christian #christianity #disciple #divine

If it is, it is, If it's not, it's not. ↗

— Ziggy Marley

At Berkeley I had my first encounter with real professional scientists. ↗

— Robert B. Laughlin

#encounter #first #had #i #professional