#ros

I didn't say 'former president,' I said 'president,' and I have the constitutional rights according to the constitution, including immunity from prosecution. ↗

— Saddam Hussein

#constitution #constitutional #constitutional rights #former #i

About six years ago my family was affected by multiple sclerosis. ↗

— Frank Iero

#affected #ago #family #multiple #multiple sclerosis

A woman with an education may be able to spend more time sitting in a chair instead of lying on her back. A sound advantage, I should think. ↗

— Anne Bishop

#prostitution #education

I'm trying to get across the message that don't be afraid of animals, they're just put on this earth to help the environment and everything like that. ↗

— Bindi Irwin

#afraid #earth #environment #everything #get

Remember that the pharynx is at a crossroads from which leads off, at the top, the passage to the mouth cavity and the passage to the nasal cavity, and below, the passage to the larynx. ↗

— Roman Jakobson

#crossroads #leads #mouth #off #passage

I shall endeavour still further to prosecute this inquiry, an inquiry I trust not merely speculative, but of sufficient moment to inspire the pleasing hope of its becoming essentially beneficial to mankind. ↗

— Edward Jenner

#beneficial #endeavour #essentially #further #hope

A poet or prose narrator usually looks back on what he has achieved against a backdrop of the years that have passed, generally finding that some of these achievements are acceptable, while others are less so. ↗

— Eyvind Johnson

#achieved #achievements #against #back #backdrop

But if these years have taught me anything it is this: you can never run away. Not ever. The only way out is in. ↗

— Junot Díaz

#introspection #life

I never knew when I was gong to leave. I might be walking over to a kid's house, then of all a sudden I would just stick out my thumb and hitchhike across three states. ↗

— Rickie Lee Jones

#gong #house #i #just #kid

I have tried hard to be a good person and to leave the world a better place. To feel that I have in any small way succeeded is to me a prize beyond measure, the most wonderful wealth that I could ask for, a form of prosperity that I would wish for the whole world to experience and enjoy. ↗

— Roz Savage

#prosperity #wealth #experience