#severed

What Clinton severed with his welfare reform was the obligation of the federal government to step in when the states failed and to monitor these programs. ↗

— Robert Scheer

#failed #federal #federal government #government #his

The second principle of magic: things which have once been in contact with each other continue to act on each other at a distance after the physical contact has been severed. ↗

— James G. Frazer

#after #been #contact #continue #distance

I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver. ↗

— Garrison Keillor

#average #boy #bus #bus driver #discouragement

We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it's time to turn the page. ↗

— Barack Obama

#because #beginning #belief #born #chapter

A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer. ↗

— Mitch Hedberg

#severed #stocking #ultimate

Memory that yearns to join the centre, a limb remembering the body from which it has been severed, like those bamboo thighs of the god. ↗

— Derek Walcott

#been #body #centre #god #join

Getting married and starting a family has been a lifelong goal and one that I have persevered through different paths up to it! ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#different #family #getting #getting married #goal