#nin

We're here so that Afghanistan does not once again become a sanctuary for transnational extremists the way it was when al-Qaeda planned the 9/11 attacks in the Kandahar area, conducted the initial training for the attackers in training camps in Afghanistan before they moved on to Germany and then to U.S. flight schools. ↗

— David Petraeus

#again #al-qaeda #area #attackers #attacks

Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good. ↗

— Petrarch

#grace #humanity #love #love is

Books have led some to learning and others to madness. ↗

— Petrarch

#learning #led #madness #others #some

To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds. ↗

— Petrarch

#almost #begin #bounds #concerning #differ

I blend my green drink every morning. I also fix my son a full-on American breakfast with bacon and toast. ↗

— Liz Phair

#american #bacon #blend #breakfast #drink

I was just learning to play guitar when Tracy Chapman came out. She wrote these songs, she played them by herself and I so admired her for that. ↗

— Madeleine Peyroux

#came #guitar #her #herself #i

When I use the Internet, it's pretty much strictly for music. Checking out other people's web sites, what's going on, listening to music. It's pretty much a musical thing for me. ↗

— Liz Phair

#going #i #internet #listening #me

It is not the straining for great things that is most effective; it is the doing the little things, the common duties, a little better and better. ↗

— Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

#common #doing #duties #effective #great

There is a one woman in China that claimed she paid $50 to get my e-mail address. It was pretty shocking. I got one this morning from Scotland. A girl's requesting a signed photo of me. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#china #claimed #e-mail #get #girl

It's cool just because I've had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it's finally happening. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#because #changing #dream #finally #had