#unity

We discussed the history of postwar Japan and how Japan had missed an opportunity to build a more functional democracy because of the focus on fighting communism driven in large part by the American occupation. ↗

— Joichi Ito

#because #build #communism #democracy #discussed

When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#drunk #indifferent #make #must #open

I lived with a coffee farmer called Dukale on a trip I made with World Vision to Ethiopia, and realised there's no good reason for the disparity in opportunity around the world. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#called #coffee #disparity #ethiopia #farmer

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life. ↗

— William Samuel Johnson

#catch #golden #good #great #great art

Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity. ↗

— Alcaeus

#canals #city #finely #houses #make

Being the lead of the show and working a lot of hours - all good stuff, a tremendous education, incredible opportunity, it changed my life - it was a marathon, and by the end of it I was pretty beat. ↗

— James Van Der Beek

#being #changed #education #end #good

Those issues are biblical issues: to care for the sick, to feed the hungry, to stand up for the oppressed. I contend that if the evangelical community became more biblical, everything would change. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#care #change #community #contend #evangelical

Who belongs to the community of the commonly protected? ↗

— Robert Casey

#commonly #community #protected #who

The judge decided in this case that both the state and the defense would have the opportunity to respond to certain kinds of press. This is one such instance. ↗

— Catherine Crier

#case #certain #certain kinds #decided #defense

Living en famille provides the strongest motives for rudeness combined with the maximum opportunity for displaying it. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

#displaying #famille #living #maximum #motives