#held

To see him there lifeless and breathless was very emotional for me. But I held myself together because I knew he's very much alive in his spirit, and that was just a shell. But I kissed him on his forehead, and I hugged him, and I touched him and I said, 'Michael, I'll never leave you. You'll never leave me.' ↗

— Jermaine Jackson

#because #breathless #emotional #forehead #held

If the provisions of the constitution be not upheld when they pinch as well as when they comfort, they may as well be abandoned. ↗

— George Sutherland

#comfort #constitution #may #pinch #provisions

I don't want to be held down by genres so much. ↗

— Randy Jackson

#genres #held #i #much #want

The peculiar fascination which the South held over my imagination and my limited capital decided me in favor of Atlanta University; so about the last of September I bade farewell to the friends and scenes of my boyhood and boarded a train for the South. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

#atlanta #boyhood #capital #decided #farewell

It is always a strain when people are being killed. I don't think anybody has held this job who hasn't felt personally responsible for those being killed. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#anybody #being #felt #hasn #held

The only things that haven't worked for me are when I've held back. There's no reason to sell an idea short. The only risk would be to not fulfill the dream. ↗

— Ron Johnson

#dream #fulfill #haven #held #i

I never like being touched, ever. People used to say I held my breath when they were hugging me. I still do. ↗

— Angelina Jolie

#breath #ever #held #hugging #i

Prayer is commitment. We don't merely co-operate with God with certain things held back within. We, the total person, co-operate. This means that co-operation equals committment. ↗

— E. Stanley Jones

#certain #certain things #co-operate #co-operation #commitment

When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian. ↗

— E. Stanley Jones

#depths #holy #holy spirit #reaction #spirit

Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged by, and is necessary for, civilization. ↗

— Arthur Keith

#condition #encouraged #held #mind #necessary