#ole

The only violence was when these so-called 'freedom fighters' terrorized the poor Africans in the villages... They were told what to do and who to support. ↗

— Ian Smith

#freedom #only #poor #so-called #support

Change starts with YOU. When you step up, you invite others to step up, too. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#inspiration #making-a-difference #making-a-difference-in-the-world #making-changes #positive-thinking

Violent crime is a solved problem - all they have to do is repeal the laws that keep those intelligent, capable, and responsible men and women from arming themselves, and violent crime evaporates like dry ice on a hot summer day. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#capable #crime #day #dry #evaporates

The choices of roles I made had to do with educating and entertaining. And as a result I found myself working only every two or three years. ↗

— Cicely Tyson

#educating #entertaining #every #found #had

All I noticed was how the sunlight reflected off Nikki's dark hair, lighting her up like a homing beacon, pulling me to her. Maybe I was the only one who saw it that way. No. The guy who had his arms around her probably saw it that way too. "He has a clinging problem, doesn't he?" I commented. Meredith scoffed. "Epic love clings epically. ↗

— Brodi Ashton

#home

Some people think that prayer just means asking for things, and if they fail to receive exactly what they asked for, they think the whole thing is a fraud. ↗

— Gerald Vann

#asking #exactly #fail #fraud #just

Towards four o'clock, the rebels felt strong enough to take the offensive. A brigade with a battery under Earle managed to strike the Federal right on the flank and rear and throw it into utter confusion, which spread rapidly along the whole front. Now came the disastrous end. ↗

— Henry Villard

#battery #brigade #came #clock #confusion

The blues is like a planet. It's an enormous topic. You can't ignore the impact that it has had and continues to have on the whole musical culture. It's a tree that everyone is swinging from. Without it, I don't know where I would be. It's indelible and indispensable. ↗

— Tom Waits

#continues #culture #enormous #everyone #had

No kids should see that kind of violence where Batman is killing as many people as the bad guys. ↗

— Burt Ward

#bad guys #batman #guys #kids #killing

Upon the whole it was a Glorious day-Our men are in the Spirits-and I am confident we shall give them a total defeat the next Action; which is at no great distance. ↗

— Anthony Wayne

#am #confident #defeat #distance #give