#towards

We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that race which daily hastens us towards death, the body maintains its irreparable lead. ↗

— Albert Camus

#before #body #daily #death #get

There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to see what is reaching towards him, and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man always tends to avoid physical contact with anything strange. ↗

— Elias Canetti

#always #anything #avoid #classify #contact

Governance should be designed as an equalizer. Democrats are more inclined towards working families and those who are struggling for a better life. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#better life #democrats #designed #equalizer #families

Getting married, for me, was the best thing I ever did. I was suddenly beset with an immense sense of release, that we have something more important than our separate selves, and that is the marriage. There's immense happiness that can come from working towards that. ↗

— Nick Cave

#beset #best #come #did #ever

I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. ↗

— Edith Cavell

#anyone #bitterness #enough #hatred #i

In the literal sense, there has been no relevant evolution since the trek from Africa. But there has been substantial progress towards higher standards of rights, justice and freedom - along with all too many illustrations of how remote is the goal of a decent society. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#along #been #decent #evolution #freedom

I certainly was an actor and then I drifted more towards writing and directing. ↗

— Thomas Haden Church

#certainly #directing #drifted #i #more

Any serious shift towards more sustainable societies has to include gender equality. ↗

— Helen Clark

#equality #gender #include #more #serious

Lord, when the song wants to pick up and go a little faster towards the end, it's hard for me to resist. ↗

— Levon Helm

#faster #go #hard #little #lord

She was scrubbing furiously at a line of grease spots which led from the stove towards the door to the dining-room. That was where Henry had held the platter tilted as he carried the steak in yesterday. And yet if she had warned him once about that, she had a thousand times! ↗

— Dorothy Canfield Fisher

#carried #door #furiously #grease #had