#var

In the game of life, we all receive a set of variables and limitations in the field of play. We can either focus on the lack thereof or empower ourselves to create better realities with the pieces we play the game with. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#effort #empowerment #focus #games #life

In 1969, when I graduated from Harvard Law School, women and minorities made up a tiny fraction of the first year associates accepted by top law firms. ↗

— Jane Harman

#associates #firms #first #fraction #graduated

There are a whole variety of reasons I want to be attorney general, a whole variety of things that I do as attorney general that go beyond national security. ↗

— Eric Holder

#attorney general #beyond #general #go #i

As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest or a prairie. ↗

— Ellsworth Huntington

#does #either #fact #forest #greater

I told you you’d come", said a nearby voice, one Isobel knew well. "You said you would." (…) "You shouldn’t have, though", he said, and looked up, his face twisted with anger. "Even if we knew you would, you shouldn’t have." He got up and began moving toward her. "Why", he growled, "when we will only show you we are not worth it? Why, when we have no other choice but to prove to you we’re not worth it? ↗

— Kelly Creagh

#isobel #pinfeathers #varen #anger

NSF is the only federal agency with a proven track record of selecting education projects through a rigorous, careful and competitive process that draws on a wide variety of experts from outside government. ↗

— Bob Inglis

#careful #competitive #draws #education #experts

You can be sure that I will always consider how changes to Social Security will impact people with disabilities when considering the various proposals offered for reform. ↗

— Steve Israel

#changes #consider #considering #disabilities #how

Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and varied interests. ↗

— Andrew Johnson

#injury #interest #interests #just #legislation

Many men of science and poets have in their own manner, by various ways and means, and aided by others, sought unceasingly to create a more tolerable world for everyone. ↗

— Eyvind Johnson

#create #everyone #manner #many #means

Time spent researching varies from book to book. Some novels require months, even years of research, others very little. I try to do most of my research before I begin but inevitably questions emerge during the writing. ↗

— Jonathan Kellerman

#begin #book #during #emerge #even