#taking

People without firmness of character love to make up a fate for themselves; that relieves them of the necessity of having their own will and of taking responsibility for themselves. ↗

— Ivan Turgenev

#fate #firmness #having #love #make

If Margaret Thatcher took climate change seriously and believed that we should take action to reduce global greenhouse emissions, then taking action and supporting and accepting the science can hardly be the mark of incipient Bolshevism. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

#action #believed #bolshevism #change #climate

People don't understand rural America. Sixteen percent of our population is rural, but 40 percent of our military is rural. I don't believe that's because of a lack of opportunity in rural America. I believe that's because if you grow up in rural America, you know you can't just keep taking from the land. You've got to give something back. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#back #because #believe #give #got

Sixteen percent of our population is rural, but 40 percent of our military is rural. I don't believe that's because of a lack of opportunity in rural America. I believe that's because if you grow up in rural America, you know you can't just keep taking from the land. You've got to give something back. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#back #because #believe #give #got

It's not in baseball's interest or the players' interest to be taking this stance. It's the people's game. ↗

— Fay Vincent

#game #interest #people #players #stance

It's about taking advantage of the opportunities you have right now, and right now we're in a position where you call somebody and they're willing to pick up and take the call because they're a fan, you have to take advantage of that and have a chance to capitalize on your ideas. ↗

— Dwyane Wade

#advantage #because #call #capitalize #chance

I started taking acting classes when I was twelve. ↗

— Lindsay Wagner

#classes #i #started #taking #twelve

There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking. ↗

— Sam Waterston

#improved #no problem #paltry #problem #too

I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously. ↗

— Rachel Weisz

#funny #i #i think #seriously #taking

We have seen a central government taking more and more control over public education, over communications, over transportation, over every detail of our daily lives. ↗

— Robert Welch

#central government #communications #control #daily #daily lives