#tract

He makes His ministers a flame of fire. Am I ignitable? God deliver me from the dread asbestos of ‘other things’. ↗

— Elisabeth Elliot

#passion #life

Once you start saying, 'Let's talk political, my own politics, my own aspirations,' it can become not just distracting in that it takes time, but it can become confusing and frustrating, and is this now a political agenda or a governmental agenda. ↗

— Andrew Cuomo

#aspirations #become #confusing #distracting #frustrating

The Bush Administration claims there is a Social Security crisis only to distract Americans from its serious mismanagement of the federal budget. ↗

— Mark Dayton

#budget #bush #bush administration #claims #crisis

In the NFL they talk about 'contracts,' but it's not really a contract, it's a one year agreement. If you have a 10 year contract, it means nothing. If you get cut in the NFL, you get nothing. People don't talk about that. ↗

— Eric Dickerson

#agreement #contract #contracts #cut #get

Over thinking ruins moods and kills good vibes. ↗

— SupaNova Slom

#attraction #couples #etiquette #etiquette-and-attitude #frequency

Because we spoke so loudly, opponents of reproductive health access demonized and smeared me and others on the public airwaves. These smears are obvious attempts to distract from meaningful policy discussions and to silence women's voices regarding their own health care. ↗

— Sandra Fluke

#airwaves #attempts #because #care #discussions

My first two years in the CFL, all I thought of was getting back to the NFL - it was like 'I'll put my time in up here and go back.' Then I went and signed a nice contract in Calgary and was like, 'Hey, I can make a living up here, this is great football, and I'm having a blast.' ↗

— Doug Flutie

#blast #contract #first #football #getting

I always find people who are unique very attractive. ↗

— Gina Gershon

#attractive #find #i #i always #people

The plan was that I was going to retire and take a job with the American Federation, but Nottingham Forest offered me a contract and there was interest from West Ham and another Premiership club. ↗

— Richard Gough

#another #club #contract #federation #forest

Two elements are needed to form a truth - a fact and an abstraction. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

#elements #fact #form #needed #truth