#ring

I think the American electorate should work a little harder at getting informed. That includes hearing, truly listening, to what the other side is saying. Whether you're left or right. ↗

— Jeff Daniels

#electorate #getting #harder #hearing #i

Back in the Rat Pack days, we'd take Frank's plane and sit dead center, because of Nancy. We'd watch the Rat Pack in the center ring and you couldn't ask for a better thing. ↗

— James Darren

#back #because #better #better thing #center

'Shoot the wounded... what we do to people who are the most vulnerable... we 'shoot the wounded.' As if they haven't suffered enough, we add to it by gossiping and treating hurt people like outcasts." ..."I think we killed Ronnie's spirit... Instead of coming alongside her and supporting her through this, I failed her... ↗

— Lynn Dove

#gossip #hypocrisy #rejection #religion #shooting-the-wounded

When Bush says democracy, I often wonder what he's referring to. ↗

— Angela Davis

#democracy #i #often #referring #says

Historically, the British have always been rather wary of grand engineering projects - perhaps understandably, given that many of them have been delivered late and over budget. ↗

— Evan Davis

#been #british #budget #delivered #engineering

I actually profoundly think the world's a better place when economics is fairly boring... The more boring the better. ↗

— Evan Davis

#better #better place #boring #economics #fairly

People saw me as being heroic, but I was no more heroic than I was with other injuries I had, like the lacerated kidney I suffered during the 1990 World Series. It's just that people haven't known anyone with a lacerated kidney, but everyone can relate to someone with cancer. ↗

— Eric Davis

#being #cancer #during #everyone #had

Crossrail is a prime example of infrastructure. It is a rather deadly word, but I think it is exciting stuff, the civil engineering which makes Britain tick - the bridges, tunnels, power and water networks, which bind us together. ↗

— Evan Davis

#bridges #britain #civil #deadly #engineering

We go old-school during the summer, like swimming or setting up lemonade stands. I try to teach my kids to make their own fun. ↗

— Gail Devers

#fun #go #i #kids #lemonade

How can I expect readers to know who I am if I do not tell them about my family, my friends, the relationships in my life? Who am I if not where I fit in the world, where I fit in the lives of the people dear to me? ↗

— Rabih Alameddine

#fitting-in #friends #life #living #relationships