#tenth

If the tenth of the population that is gay became visible tomorrow, the panic of the majority of people would inspire repressive legislation of a sort that would shock even the pessimists among us. ↗

— Jane Rule

#became #even #gay #inspire #legislation

Over a period of 20 years, German reunification has cost 2 trillion euros, or an average of 100 billion euros a year. So, we have to ask ourselves: Aren't we willing to pay a tenth of that over several years for Europe's unity? ↗

— Peer Steinbruck

#average #billion #cost #europe #euros

I started getting letters from college in the tenth grade. ↗

— James Worthy

#getting #grade #i #letters #started

They were sorry, they were saying with their bodies, they were accepting each other back, and that feeling, that feeling of being accepted back again and again, of someone's affection for you expanding to encompass whatever new flawed thing had just manifested in you, that was the deepest, dearest thing he'd ever-- ↗

— George Saunders

#george-saunders #love #tenth-of-december #forgiveness

In the tenth century the old Batavian and later Roman forms have faded away. ↗

— John Lothrop Motley

#century #faded #forms #later #old

Today I am announcing that I will not seek a tenth term in the United States Congress this November. ↗

— Lincoln Diaz-Balart

#announcing #congress #i #i am #november

I'm one of those actors who likes to do it wrong nine ways before I come to the tenth way, which is the way I think it should be. ↗

— Wayne Rogers

#come #i #i think #likes #nine

What seems to be the problem, Al?' Mom had said. 'Everyone's calling me bossy and fat,' he'd said. 'Plus they say I'm sneaky.' 'Well, Al,' she'd said, 'you are bossy and you are fat. And I'm guessing you can be pretty sneaky. But you know what else you are? You have what is called moral courage. When you know something is right, you do it, no matter what the cost.' Mom could sometimes be full of it. Once, she'd said she could tell by the way he ran upstairs that he'd make a great mountain climber. Once, when he managed a B-minus in math, she'd said he should be an astronomer. ↗

— George Saunders

#tenth-of-december #courage

Based on the experience of my life, which I have not exactly hit out of the park, I tend to agree with that thing about, If it's not broke, don't fix it. And would go even further to: Even if it is broke, leave it alone, you'll probably make it worse. ↗

— George Saunders

#my-chivalric-fiasco #tenth-of-december #experience

I hate liberality - nine times out of ten it is cowardice, and the tenth time lack of principle. ↗

— Henry Addington

#hate #i #lack #liberality #nine