#primary

My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all the executive decisions. I've always been willing to rise or fall on my own merits. ↗

— Sue Grafton

#been #decisions #executive #fall #happiest

It's not at all good when your cancer is 'palpable' from the outside. Especially when, as at this stage, they didn't even know where the primary source was. Carcinoma works cunningly from the inside out. Detection and treatment often work more slowly and gropingly, from the outside in. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#detection #especially #even #good #inside

A political race today, even a primary, is $150 million. The whole political system has become obscene in terms of the absurd amount of money that is required to compete. Just put it on ESPN and call it a sporting event. ↗

— Mike Huckabee

#amount #become #call #compete #espn

The only thing I shall talk about is my sporting achievements at school. My primary sporting achievement at school was that I dodged games for two complete years and was well through the third year before they discovered that I had completely avoided all games. ↗

— John Hume

#achievement #achievements #avoided #before #complete

The primary motive for good care and good use of the land-community is always going to be affection, which is too often lacking. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#always #care #going #good #lacking

My primary and secondary education was provided by the Highland Park Public School System. ↗

— James Cronin

#park #primary #provided #public #public school

It is clear that every immediate object of our senses both exists and is real in the primary meaning of these terms so long as we remain aware of the object. ↗

— Charles D. Broad

#both #clear #every #exists #immediate

If you're honest with yourself, you're going to find out whether you truly love America, or whether your primary allegiance is to the Republican party. ↗

— Vincent Bugliosi

#america #find #going #honest #love

Ignorance is the primary source of all misery and vice. ↗

— Victor Cousin

#misery #primary #primary source #source #vice

Finally there are simple ideas of which no definition can be given; there are also axioms or postulates, or in a word primary principles, which cannot be proved and have no need of proof. ↗

— Gottfried Leibniz

#axioms #cannot #definition #finally #given