#presents

You have no idea about presents or what they mean. The last present you gave me was a stick.” “You wanted a weapon.” “It was a stick.” “It had a bow on it.” “It was a stick.” “I thought you liked the stick. You laughed. ↗

— Derek Landy

#presents #skulduggery-pleasant #stick #valkyrie-cain #weapon

I still buy nice pieces but, at the moment, they're presents for other people, so I only collect vicariously. ↗

— Michael Aspel

#collect #i #moment #nice #only

Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation's founders and heroes. As the ultimate icon of America's storied history, the Stars and Stripes represents the very best of this nation. ↗

— Joe Barton

#best #flag #fought #founders #heroes

Northern Uganda presents a situation of extraordinary violation of the rights of children. ↗

— Carol Bellamy

#extraordinary #northern #presents #rights #situation

Presents don't really mean much to me. I don't want to sound mawkish, but - it was the realization that I have a great many people in my life who really love me, and who I really love. ↗

— Gabriel Byrne

#great #i #life #love #love me

When ye are prepared for a thing, the opportunity to use it presents itself. ↗

— Edgar Cayce

#opportunity #prepared #presents #thing #use

Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. ↗

— Kyle Chandler

#beat #does #door #down #itself

I have great people, smart people that are around me and we love the challenge. I guess it's like climbing a mountain or building a building. It's a challenge but you love every challenge that it brings or presents itself. ↗

— Ice Cube

#brings #building #challenge #climbing #every

Yeah, but there's nobody who represents romance to me like Cary Grant. ↗

— Aaron Eckhart

#cary #cary grant #grant #like #me

America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone's going from nothing to something. Why? In theory, if not practice, the government stays out of the way and lets individuals take risks and reap rewards or accept the consequences of failure. We call this capitalism - or, at least, we used to. ↗

— Larry Elder

#america #call #capitalism #consequences #failure