#upon

I know the disposition of women: when you will, they won't; when you won't, they set their hearts upon you of their own inclination. ↗

— Jean Racine

#hearts #i #inclination #know #own

Today we thank God for all the blessings He has bestowed upon this great Country and ask Him to continue to heal our land and meet our needs - and we do so through the power of prayer. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#bestowed #blessings #continue #country #god

When critics are waiting to pounce upon poetic style on exactly the same grounds as if it were prose, the poets tremble. ↗

— John C. Ransom

#exactly #grounds #poetic #poets #prose

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#being #best #carried #decided #delegate

What we hear while we are asleep continues to resonate with us upon awakening. ↗

— Henry Reed

#awakening #continues #hear #resonate #upon

Ninety percent of the time, you're going to hear no. It took me seven years to make 'Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored.' Nobody wanted to see the movie made. I got the movie made. ↗

— Tim Reid

#going #got #hear #i #made

It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning. ↗

— Agnes Repplier

#force #impossible #mind #receptive #upon

I'm trying to set up opportunities for myself so that I don't only have one outlet to go through and rely upon as far as a support system financially, emotionally and mentally. ↗

— Busta Rhymes

#emotionally #far #financially #go #i

If we were left to ourselves, unfettered by legislative enactments, we should gradually withdraw our capital from the cultivation of such lands, and import the produce which is at present raised upon them. ↗

— David Ricardo

#cultivation #gradually #import #lands #left

It often seemed like we had become a nation where the only heroes were rock singers and ball players and that there were no large men of probity who could be called upon for the task. ↗

— Elliot Richardson

#become #called #could #had #heroes