#ring

Unlike most major American cities, Honolulu is geographically insulated from the rest of the country. When disaster strikes we cannot call on neighboring states for assistance. ↗

— Daniel Akaka

#american cities #assistance #call #cannot #cities

I have to be a lot more calculating because I'm a very private person. I actually really struggle with the attention; I'm generally a pretty shy kind of a person. So it's tough figuring out how to manage it. But there are ways of managing it, and you just have to be smart. ↗

— Emily Watson

#attention #because #calculating #figuring #generally

Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall. Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands all alone. Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring. ↗

— William Alexander

#courage #die #earth #fall #forget

The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do. ↗

— James Allen

#springs #will

Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results. ↗

— James Lane Allen

#bring #efforts #inevitably #joyfully #knowing

Some people say that practice makes perfect but I just feel that the repetition works against me and I start thinking too far ahead during a show. ↗

— Rick Allen

#ahead #during #far #feel #i

We're probably doing better business than we thought we would do especially considering the disappointing way the record company has handled the album. ↗

— Rick Allen

#better #business #company #considering #disappointing

I loved living and breathing theatre so much that I decided I had to find a way to bring my desire to act and my ability to support myself together. I'd run through the possibilities in Washington, so that meant moving to New York. ↗

— Karen Allen

#act #breathing #bring #decided #desire

Empowering women means trusting them. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#means #them #trusting #women

I'm always storing away phrases and ideas and things that I think might turn into songs. ↗

— Mose Allison

#away #i #i think #ideas #into