#lives

I am an Egyptian Muslim, educated in Cairo and New York, and now living in Vienna. My wife and I have spent half our lives in the North, half in the South. And we have experienced first hand the unique nature of the human family and the common values we all share. ↗

— Mohamed ElBaradei

#common #common values #educated #egyptian #experienced

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. ↗

— George Eliot

#declared #election #foxes #interest #lives

But it kills me, this fascination with celebrities' personal lives. ↗

— Calista Flockhart

#fascination #kills #lives #me #personal

There are no second acts in American lives. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#american #american lives #lives #second

Michael Vick may enjoy watching dogs fight. Someone else may find that repulsive but see nothing wrong with eating an animal who has had a life as full of pain and suffering as the lives of the fighting dogs. It's strange that we regard the latter as morally different from, and superior to, the former. ↗

— Gary L. Francione

#different #dogs #eating #else #enjoy

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same. ↗

— Anne Frank

#being happy #different #happy #live #lives

He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#does #family #indeed #large #large family

He that lives upon hope will die fasting. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#die #fasting #lives #upon #will

Investing now in safe-guarding people by helping them to adapt to climate change, will help save money and lives while building resilience. ↗

— Michael Franti

#building #change #climate #climate change #help

I was talking to my spiritual advisor. I got a letter from somebody who said that they were about to kill themselves, but they listened to a song of mine and it saved their lives. ↗

— David Friedman

#advisor #got #i #kill #letter