#not

If there is no sufficient reason for war, the war party will make war on one pretext, then invent another... after the war is on. ↗

— Robert M. La Follette

#another #invent #make #party #pretext

What I had noticed is that there weren't a lot of women lining up to see a comic book movie, but they were going to line up to see 'The Devil Wears Prada,' which may have been something I wanted to address. ↗

— Bryan Singer

#been #book #comic #comic book #devil

In a democracy, citizens pass judgment on their government, and if they are kept in the dark about what their government is doing, they cannot be in a position to make well-grounded decisions. ↗

— Peter Singer

#cannot #citizens #dark #decisions #democracy

A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment freed from all thought, love or hate. ↗

— Swami Sivananda

#arises #calm #comes #desire #desires

I was terribly gawky, too goofy to become a high-kicking cheerleader, with stringy brown hair and bad posture. Definitely nobody noticeable! ↗

— Helen Slater

#become #brown #cheerleader #definitely #goofy

This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process; and the molestation of that process by the majority is an abuse of power that cannot stand. ↗

— Louise Slaughter

#abuse of power #accountable #cannot #ethics #function

Nothing escapes the vigilance of the New South Wales police; their reputation is known the world over. ↗

— Joshua Slocum

#known #new #new south wales #nothing #over

Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future. ↗

— Lewis B. Smedes

#bitter #cannot #change #creates #deleted

In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of pleasure. If we find it in one place today, it is vain to seek it there tomorrow. You can not lay a trap for it. ↗

— Alexander Smith

#departures #find #lay #life #more

I've noticed that my resolutions involve me not doing stuff that I wasn't going to do anyway so here's something more positive. I'm going to retrain as a Latin teacher in a provincial public school. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#doing #going #here #i #involve