The really painful surprise is that so many people based their hopes on his words, rather than on the record of his deeds.
THOMAS SOWELLHe described how, as a boy of 14, his dad had been down the mining pit, his uncle had been down the pit, his brother had been down the pit, and of course he would go down the pit.
More Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn Quotes
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTE -
Somehow bowel wisdom got lost and it became something that no one wanted to talk about anymore.
BERNARD JENSEN -
I had to leave you to find me I had to lose you to love me.
CINDY -
Be not attached to who you think you are. So you can believe all that you are meant to be.
MORGAN LOVE -
In this election, you vote for the future living conditions of mankind.
GRETA THUNBERG -
Life’s not about sitting at home in front of the TV waiting for your life to begin. Get out there and take some chances.
QUEEN LATIFAH -
Keep your jacket buttoned. Always. It’s just really flattering—it will take pounds off you.
TOM FORD -
I’ve always wondered why love has to be so full of conflict and strife. Why can’t love be simple? Why can’t it just be as pure as two people who realize that they can’t live as well, or as happily, apart as they can together?
BELLA ANDRE -
Whatever is not done by the permission of Allah will not happen, and what is not done for the sake of Allah will not benefit or remain.
IBN TAYMIYYAH -
I have a choice: Do I want to align with the GREATEST VISION OF MYSELF or Do I want to align with my EXCUSES?
DEBBIE FORD -
The glorious thing for you always has consequences for others.
AL GINI -
Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise. As an actor, you’re giving it up, you’re at the mercy of so many other people.
CHRISTIAN BALE -
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE -
Painting is a magical process that I like, where you conjure something out of nothing; you get a little idea that leads you through. You can go into a trance while you’re doing it, so it’s a nice contrast to real life.
PAUL MCCARTNEY -
I don’t have problems with people, because if I do, I address it.
WIZ KHALIFA -
I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT -
Everyone should know that most cancer research is largely a fraud, and that the major cancer research organizations are derelict in their duties to the people who support them.
LINUS PAULING -
Friendship is a full-time job.
BILL RUSSELL -
The guy i’ve got my eye on happens to be hot. Off-the-charts hot. Hotter-than-patch hot.’ she paused. ‘well maybe not that hot. Nobody’s that hot.
BECCA FITZPATRICK -
I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE -
Your lips are my persuasion, your love will be my cure.
BILLY SQUIER -
I could give 48 penalties in every match if I wanted to.
ALAN LEWIS -
Maybe the heart is part of the mist. And that’s all that there is or could ever exist. Maybe and maybe and maybe some more. Maybe’s the exit that I’m looking for.
PAUL SIMON -
Connected is helping people stay in touch and maintain empathy for each other, and bandwidth.
MARK ZUCKERBERG -
I’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, Going home, where the new york city winters aren’t bleedin’ me.
PAUL SIMON -
Physicians must discover the weaknesses of the human mind, and even condescend to humor them, or they will never be called in to cure the infirmities of the body.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON