Janlynn Counted Quotes & Sayings

The British maintained direct control of four major areas in Egyptian society. They included: "security of imperial communications of Egypt, the defense of Egypt against foreign aggression or interference, the protection of foreign interests and foreign minorities, and Sudan and its future status."9 In other words, the British kept control over all aspects of the country that was in their interest and not in the best interests of the Egyptian people. A constitution was signed and implemented in 1923, leading to future expansion of the Egyptian political system. — Robert Eugene Danielson

I'd have felt better with Morgen to talk to, to help, but all I had was memory and a soulsong to help me with our ancient cousins from across the stars, cousins so willful they could not see. Cousins even more willful than the ancient heroes my mother had bequeathed to me. — L.E. Modesitt Jr.

A nation usually renews its youth on a political sick-bed, and there finds again the spirit which it had gradually lost in seeking and maintaining power. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Teachers have almost stopped reading aloud to their classes because of the pressure of testing and tight curricula, but it is the books we read together and talk about together that bring us closer together. — Katherine Paterson

Is woman a human being?' And, of course, triumphantly proves that she is. — Anton Chekhov

I think to be empathetic is the greatest gift you can have as a designer. Hopefully, people will look at me and say, 'He really loved women.' — Michael Kors

I never was disillusioned with acting because I love acting. — Woody Harrelson

It was a sin to break a deathbed promise.
Arin left without making one. — Marie Rutkoski

He'd have to be blinder than a bat. ~Alexander — Ellen Schreiber

Though Christ a thousand times in Bethlehem be born, If he's not born
in thee thy soul is still forlorn. — Angelus Silesius

As Jesus explained, the right things have to die so the right things can live
we die to selfishness, greed, power, accumulation, prestige, and self-preservation, giving life to community, generosity, compassion, mercy, brotherhood, kindness, and love. The gospel will die in the toxic soil of self. — Jen Hatmaker

I was safe in this world. This was a place for creatures - I felt I had become more of a creature than a girl. I could handle myself in the wild. — Aspen Matis

My critique of how we deal with drugs in society is just that - that we use these anecdotes to apply to everyone and the anecdotes are not representative. — Carl Hart

Love and meekness, lord,
Become a churchman better than ambition:
Win straying souls with modesty again,
Cast none away. — William Shakespeare

[I spent] much of my time reminding Matt Groening that I really need to be a head in a jar on Futurama. — Neil Gaiman