#orders

Maybe we choose to stay in a constant state of ignorance as a protective instinct — maybe I was just in denial. I just don’t get how you can be completely in love with someone one day, and then all of a sudden you just aren’t. I will never forget that day...the day where I became numb. ↗

— Piper Caleb

#diary #eating-disorders #new-adult #psychology #love

There are no clear borders, Only merging invisible to the sight. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#borders #circling #clear #clear-borders #dejan-stojanovic

Senses empower limitations, senses expand vision within borders, senses promote understanding through pleasure. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #empowerment #limitations #literature #literature-quotes

Commanders and historians are the people who discuss wars; I was in the infantry, and most of the time I did not know where I was or what I was doing except that I was obeying orders and trying not to be killed in any of the variety of horrible ways open to me. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#fifth-business #historians #infantry #orders #survival

For generations, America has served as a beacon of hope and freedom for those outside her borders, and as a land of limitless opportunity for those risking everything to seek a better life. Their talents and contributions have continued to enrich our country. ↗

— Spencer Bachus

#beacon #better #better life #borders #continued

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#democracy #dictatorship #difference #first #later

My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military. ↗

— Smedley Butler

#everyone #faculties #i #mental #military

In fact, the recent increase in intra-firm trading enables businesses to shift their activities across borders smoothly, thereby strengthening the response of economic activity to exchange rate movements in the long run. ↗

— Toshihiko Fukui

#activities #activity #borders #businesses #economic

As the American public continues to focus more intensely on illegal immigration and securing the nation's borders, the number of members of the House Immigration Reform Caucus continues to grow. ↗

— Virgil Goode

#american public #borders #caucus #continues #focus

There is a certain amount of momentum that is achieved when one country after another reopens their borders. ↗

— Mike Johanns

#after #amount #another #borders #certain