#nu

President Bush says he is concerned about the Iraqi people, but if Iraqi people are dying in numbers, then American policy will be challenged very strongly. ↗

— Peter Arnett

#american #american policy #bush #challenged #concerned

I see this as the central issue of our time: how to find a substitute for war in human ingenuity, imagination, courage, sacrifice, patience... War is not inevitable, however persistent it is, however long a history it has in human affairs. It does not come out of some instinctive human need. It is manufactured by political leaders, who then must make a tremendous effort--by enticement, by propaganda, by coercion--to mobilize a normally reluctant population to go to war. ↗

— Howard Zinn

#creativity #ingenuity #peace #political-propaganda #war

If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loud!" (William Strunk) ... Why compound ignorance with inaudibility? ↗

— E.B. White

#courage #pronunciation #courage

Successful continual learning means maintaining a balance and variety of success-oriented attributes, the most prominent being awareness, confidence, persistence, determination, courage, and focus. But curiosity, ingenuity, and creativity may be even more important as it is these traits that fuel the desire to continue to question and challenge the status quo. ↗

— Lorii Myers

#confidence #courage #creativity #determination #focus-curiosity

You should holistically build yourself to be the best you. The evidence of your glorious life should be an inspiration to many . You create your world yourself in your own positive way. You are stronger than ever and bolder than you think. Brave the odds and initiate new imprints for all to aspire and follow your footprints. ↗

— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

#fear #ifeanyi-onuoha #inspirational #life #motivational

All those men who end up disappointing you. After a while, you don't even want to have feelings anymore. You just want to get on with your life. ↗

— Candace Bushnell

#disappointment #feelings #life #men #numb

The Chairman likes you.” “Is that good?” “I never date anyone my cat doesn’t like,” Magnus said easily, and stood up. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#magnus-and-alec #dating

Why are you putting on lip gloss, my daughter?" Dad asked ." Trip to the library? Trip to the nunnery? I hear the nunneries are nice this time of year." "Not a date; I still remember Claud," Rusty said, and grabbed her ankle. " I forbid it." "You introduced me to Claud," Kami pointed out. "I'm a bad person," Rusty mumbled. "I do bad things." "Is this true, Kami? Are you going out on a date?" Dad asked tragically. "wearing that? Wouldn't you fancy a shapeless cardigan instead? You rock a shapeless cardigan honey. ↗

— Sarah Rees Brennan

#humerous #nunnery #dating

But Magnus, he thought. You never told me. Never warned me it would be like this, that I would wake up one day and realize that I was going somewhere you couldn't follow. That we are essentially not the same. There's no "till death do us apart" for those who never die. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#city-of-fallen-angels #magnus-bane #death

Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds. ↗

— J. Robert Oppenheimer

#death #destruction #nuclear-weapons #death