#fig

Pope John Paul II not only visited Nigeria twice but stood by the country in its fight against dictatorship and injustice. ↗

— Olusegun Obasanjo

#country #dictatorship #fight #ii #injustice

We were poor. But my mom never accepted that. She worked hard to become a residential contractor - got her master's with honors at the University of New Orleans. I used to go to every class with her. Her father was my paternal figure. ↗

— Frank Ocean

#become #class #contractor #every #father

That first week, I also went to Washington. That was really tough. I sympathize with those Washington figures who have to face 40 Times Washington bureau reporters. They ask hard questions and they're relentless. And they were quite suspicious and quite dubious about me. ↗

— Daniel Okrent

#also #ask #bureau #dubious #face

I am not fighting for success, just to get more beauty out of myself and share it with more people. ↗

— Ben Okri

#beauty #fighting #get #i #i am

Those who believe in the importance of serving others should lead the way by fighting against the temptation we all have, and maybe especially as we age, to close in upon ourselves. ↗

— Marvin Olasky

#age #believe #close #especially #fighting

I figure it's okay to make certain rules, whether or not people despise you for it at the time. ↗

— Will Oldham

#despise #figure #i #make #okay

We kinda look at this as the second or third chapter of our lives. After college, most people figure out what they want to do with their lives. But we already know what we want to do in the future and that is to continue to further our business goals. ↗

— Mary-Kate Olsen

#already #business #chapter #college #continue

In prehistoric times, mankind often had only two choices in crisis situations: fight or flee. In modern times, humor offers us a third alternative; fight, flee - or laugh. ↗

— Robert Orben

#choices #crisis #fight #flee #had

I may be a public figure, but really, I'm just like a guy who could be in your family and have some difficult things happen to him. ↗

— Terrell Owens

#difficult #difficult things #family #figure #guy

We prefer that the leaders of the Iraqi armed forces do the honorable thing; stop fighting for a regime that does not deserve your loyalty. ↗

— Peter Pace

#armed forces #deserve #does #fighting #forces