#gag

Pain is something that's common to human life. When we ignore it, we aren't engaging in the whole reality, and the pain begins to fester. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#common #engaging #fester #human #human life

My mom has a good way of engaging me in a conversation about the choices I make, listening, being objective and open-minded, and respecting those choices so long as they don't put me in danger. ↗

— Casey Affleck

#being #choices #conversation #danger #engaging

There are a growing number of conservatives and Republicans who, while they support the president and support the war in Iraq, wonder how many of these nation-building wars we're going to engage in and what the parameters of that are. ↗

— Lamar Alexander

#engage #going #growing #how #iraq

I didn't want to engage in a campaign where I was defending myself on those issues at every turn, so I just decided that I'd switch and run as a Republican. ↗

— Rodney Alexander

#decided #defending #engage #every #i

And across Afghanistan, every single day, Afghan soldiers, Afghan police and ISAF troops are serving shoulder-to-shoulder in some very difficult situations. And our engagement with them, our shoulder-to-shoulder relationship with them, our conduct of operations with them every single day defines the real relationship. ↗

— John R. Allen

#afghan #afghanistan #conduct #day #defines

I was gone so much in my first marriage. I love the moments when I engage with my youngest daughter now. It's not my thing to sit on the ground and play tea party, but I'll do it because it's a moment that will stick with me forever. ↗

— Tim Allen

#daughter #engage #first #forever #gone

You know, I am mainstream America, and it really doesn't matter what party you're in. When you call your children and you say 'How are you?' - and what you are really asking is, 'Do you still have your job? And are you able to make the mortgage payment?', That resonates across the state, not across party lines. ↗

— Sharron Angle

#across #am #america #asking #call

Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed. ↗

— Jean Anouilh

#boldness #completed #earnest #engage #genius

First you date the songs, and then you get engaged and then you marry them. They have to stand the test of time, because they are going to be yours for the next 20, 30, 40 years. So you had better choose right. ↗

— Marc Anthony

#better #choose #date #engaged #first

In foreign policy, there are times when speaking with one voice - and it doesn't have to be mine - allows us to engage better on issues, and enables us to do things more effectively. ↗

— Catherine Ashton

#better #effectively #enables #engage #foreign