#pose

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#make-a-difference #purpose #purpose-of-life #life

What if it lines up like it did in the Trojan War ... Athena versus Poseidon?" "I don't know. But I just know that I'll be fighting next to you." "Why?" "Because you're my friend, Seaweed Brain. Any more stupid questions? ↗

— Rick Riordan

#athena #percy-jackson #poseidon #brain

The negative is the equivalent of the composer's score, and the print the performance. ↗

— Ansel Adams

#equivalent #negative #performance #print #score

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers. ↗

— Henry Adams

#certain #cheers #only #purpose #serves

We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable. ↗

— Henry Adams

#get #got #insupportable #obstacles #order

I suppose I will go on selling newspapers until at last will come the late night final. ↗

— William Maxwell Aitken

#final #go #i #last #late

If you continue to dig the same hole in the same place in your life, eventually you will be standing in a grave. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#death #grave #habits #issues #problems

For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism. It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian. ↗

— Ama Ata Aidoo

#artist #authoritarianism #corruption #embarrass #expose

I oppose the attempts of homosexual activists to treat homosexual activity as a civil right to be protected and promoted by the government. ↗

— Todd Akin

#activity #attempts #civil #civil right #government

And there are no stars and that you're never really sure who's doing what and what voice is what and, you know what I mean? It's supposed to be quite elusive. ↗

— Damon Albarn

#elusive #i #know #mean #never