#sol

I wasn't in any way a kind of soothsayer or not surprised when Sept. 11 happened. I was absolutely shocked. ↗

— Jon Ronson

#any #happened #i #kind #sept

I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#best #i #i can #last #next

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#better #better things #courage #effort #energy

To deal with the true causes of war one must begin by recognizing as of prime relevancy to the solution of the problem the familiar fact that civilization is a partial, incomplete, and, to a great extent, superficial modification of barbarism. ↗

— Elihu Root

#begin #causes #civilization #deal #extent

When you come from desperate poverty, and that's exactly what I come from, you know that nonsenses are not to be tolerated. I'm not sure who gains from chaos, but I know it's not the poor folks in the council flats. The politics of vindictiveness is never, ever anything like a solution. ↗

— Johnny Rotton

#chaos #come #council #desperate #ever

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these are perilous paths for a young man, and these lead him constantly into danger. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#danger #him #idleness #intercourse #into

I almost never set out to photograph a landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a means of recording a mountain or an animal unless I absolutely need a 'record shot'. My first thought is always of light. ↗

— Galen Rowell

#almost #always #animal #camera #first

You know how the Beatles broke off - they all did their solo projects and they came back together and they were even stronger! ↗

— Kelly Rowland

#beatles #broke #came #did #even

Our whole life is solving puzzles. ↗

— Erno Rubik

#our #puzzles #solving #whole

When you solve a problem, you ought to thank God and go on to the next one. ↗

— Dean Rusk

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