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Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” – Thomas Edison	added by essiefitz 1 month ago
The Politics, the warfare, the life and other aspects of our society were never the same as I had came to find out. The society I am referring to would be better called a society of animals rather than humans, species that looked like us but were actually something else. And these wars were going on all over the world, stirring in every country and every city. Somewhere in the name of reptilians, somewhere in the name of demons or jinns and somewhere in the name of monsters. In every war there was a Mr. Z, an Avery, a Rig, a Mia, and refugees like Alex, Andy and Izea by various names, who had witnessed and encountered the hardships of society up close. I don't know! what the purpose of the creator of this world was, whether they were gods or some other 'Powerful being', but the purpose we were taught was, Unknowingly!!! very different. – Mr. Z	added by calros_j 1 month ago
In humility, subjectivity and in the ability to see a series of elements from a distance; it may help you to focus your messaging in order to create a much stronger of an impact. In some cases, when you are too close to your branding, messaging, marketing and your content, you may not be able to see the full picture or for that matter, the picture others are seeing. Consider looking at how you are being perceived over focusing only on the intention of how you want to be seen. – Loren Weisman	added by Weismanloren 3 months ago
When even one American -- who has done nothing wrong - is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth, then all Americans are in peril. – Harry S. Truman	added by Normando 4 months ago
Humility elevates, pride diminishes; it's not ill will towards you, just an acknowledgment of truth. Embrace humility to rise, for it opens doors that pride would close. – Christen Kuikoua	added by ChristenKuikouafans 4 months ago
I wholeheartedly embrace my African heritage and take immense pride in it, unapologetically. Your disapproval doesn't sway me. Those who are close to me understand that I exude the regal presence of a prince authentically, not as a facade, because that's who I am. – Christen Kuikoua	added by ChristenKuikouafans 5 months ago
Black people's legacy has to be about more than just keeping close-minded persons out of and inviting open-minded people into our lives. – Link Starbureiy	added by anonymous 6 months ago
I'm more optimistic about America's chances today than I have been my entire life. And as one who has seen up close the tragic cost of conflict and the opportunities for progress, I will let no one separate me from my love for this country and my belief in our capacity for change. – Joe Biden	added by anonymous 1 year ago
CLOSE YOUR EYES AND THINK THE ONE WHO LEFT YOU AND THE WORLD IN EACH MOMENT. IT COST NOTHING TO BE NICE.” – Signatures Life	added by John M T 1 year ago
Have you ever seen somebody die? It’s not like in the movies, not to me. You don’t close their peaceful eyes and pray for their soul. Rather their eyes are full of horror. People say taken in the flower of their youth, how sad yet these people get to escape a lifetime of hell and still people mourn. I laugh in honor of the dead. may they rot in peace. – Scott C. Holstad	added by scottholstad 1 year ago
I’ve been on the phone with counterparts from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, to make sure that we’re coordinating carefully, our team as well has been in very close contact with the African Union, with other international organizations – again, to make sure that everyone is coordinated and that we are channeling the shared determination among the international community to get to a ceasefire as quickly as possible and to put Sudan back on the track of talks, negotiations, again, to restore civilian-led government in Sudan. – Antony Blinken	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The combination of that forward-looking mindset from operators as well as the new regulations, I’m optimistic we’re going to close the current holes in the net, we need to accelerate our efforts, because we don’t have a lot of time. – Riley Duren	Found on CNN 1 year ago
So, we’re using a foreign company that is owned by Venezuelans who are close to – were close to (Hugo) Chávez, are now close to (Nicolás) Maduro, have a history. They were founded as a company to fix elections, they have a terrible record, and they are extremely hackable. – Rudy Giuliani	Found on CNN 1 year ago
As disruptive and as damaging as this year’s flooding has been, it’s still nowhere near close to what we foresee is the plausible worst-case scenario, we know that climate change is essentially putting the weather on steroids and giving us greater and greater chances of seeing these extremely heavy precipitation events and severe floods, even as we also see more severe droughts and that in the same part of the world. – Daniel Swain	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Everything has been rebranded, the instructors are teaching differently. And we really pay close attention to first-timers to dispel all the myths. We always tell you to not be a hero and go at your own pace. But you can still measure your success and progress. – Joey Gonzalez	Found on CNN 1 year ago
In Greece a few years ago, we’re sitting around talking about how close we are and our families, and my mom is there, and she says, ‘Woody, I knew your dad’ … Everyone was aware of the ellipses that my mom left after ‘knew.’ It was a loaded K-N-E-W. – Matthew McConaughey	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I knew it would be hours before others could call her. And I thought she deserved to know, and we’re close right now to where I made that call, i’ve been governor during this pandemic, I’ve been governor during tornadoes and floods and -45 degree windchills and everything else. And we’ve lost a lot of people during those. – Andy Beshear	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Do not get close to them, they don’t want any intrusion. … They’re not predators; it’s by accident if they’re injuring people. – Philip Muruthi	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Hippos have no interest in dealing with people. Stay away from them, and they will leave you alone. They are not hunting humans, do not get close to them. – Rebecca Lewison	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We're peanut butter and jelly-quote by Curtis Lassiter to describe his incredibly close bond with daughter Renowned Global Activist Greshun De Bouse, and to describe how neither was good without the other. #curtislassiter #activistdebouse – Curtis Lassiter	added by srvm 1 year ago
Last year, I survived a workplace shooting. And now yesterday, I’ve lost a very close friend in another workplace shooting. – Craig Greenberg	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I use a standard Coach tote bag. It has textured leather so I just have to wipe it down to clean the outside, i like it because I can zip it up to close it and it fits my laptop. I got it as a gift when I first started my job and I have n’t had a need to replace it since. – Kyra Tuwaig	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Ek shehar hain tera nigahon se dur kahin, jahan milti hain tu mujhe khawabon mein wahin. - Away from my sight, there is a city of yours Where I find you still, when I dream. Chalta nahi zor kismat par ab humara kya karein, milte hain hum inhi kashmakash mein kya karein? - What am I to do, when my will does not move fate? What are we to do, when in these dilemmas we meet? Chalein tere kadam mere safar par jo kabhi, mehsoos hota hain tu mujhe aaj bhi yahin kahin. - And when your feet make their journey my way, I sense you close by, even today. Koi raat aasmano par teri zulf bichati hain, teri yaad chaand ke shakkal mein ubhar kar aati hain. - Sometimes the nights drape your tresses on the darkened sky Where the moon reflects your memories gone by. Mujhe tu kismat se chup kar kabhi mil ja, main khaak ho agar toh tu gulaab ban kar khil ja. - Meet me someday, hidden from destiny And if I am ashes by then, bloom like a rose. Meri nigahon mein qaid hain yeh manzar sabhi, chalte hain teri nigahon se tez khanjar sabhi. - These glimpses I have captured behind my eyes Running like daggers sharper than your eyes. Teri adaa kya kahun kis kadar haseen hain, tu haseen hain, har lihaaz mein aur haseen hain. - What could I ever say, of your beauty, your grace For you are beautifulI n every aspect, beyond beautiful. Main hoon wahin jahan tu hain kahin, juda na ho bas dua hain yehi, hoti rahengi mulakatein tum se, nigahon se dur ho dil se nahi. - I exist, where you exist, and I pray only that we are not pulled apart I will meet you again my love - out of only sight, and not heart. – Wajid Shaikh	added by anonymous 1 year ago
Youth organizations are crying out for government support. There’s funding there that ca n’t be given out – because there’s no government – and these youth services are going to close. Young people rely on it so much. I honestly ca n’t even begin to imagine the impact this will have on their lives, it feels like all these issues are more important than sectarian politics – but it feels like if we do n’t address sectarianism – then we ca n’t deal with these issues. – Liam McBurney/PA Wire/AP Conlon	Found on CNN 1 year ago

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

– Thomas Edison

added by essiefitz
1 month ago

The Politics, the warfare, the life and other aspects of our society were never the same as I had came to find out. The society I am referring to would be better called a society of animals rather than humans, species that looked like us but were actually something else. And these wars were going on all over the world, stirring in every country and every city. Somewhere in the name of reptilians, somewhere in the name of demons or jinns and somewhere in the name of monsters. In every war there was a Mr. Z, an Avery, a Rig, a Mia, and refugees like Alex, Andy and Izea by various names, who had witnessed and encountered the hardships of society up close. I don't know! what the purpose of the creator of this world was, whether they were gods or some other 'Powerful being', but the purpose we were taught was, Unknowingly!!! very different.

– Mr. Z

added by calros_j
1 month ago

In humility, subjectivity and in the ability to see a series of elements from a distance; it may help you to focus your messaging in order to create a much stronger of an impact. In some cases, when you are too close to your branding, messaging, marketing and your content, you may not be able to see the full picture or for that matter, the picture others are seeing. Consider looking at how you are being perceived over focusing only on the intention of how you want to be seen.

– Loren Weisman

added by Weismanloren
3 months ago

When even one American -- who has done nothing wrong - is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth, then all Americans are in peril.

– Harry S. Truman

added by Normando
4 months ago

Humility elevates, pride diminishes; it's not ill will towards you, just an acknowledgment of truth. Embrace humility to rise, for it opens doors that pride would close.

– Christen Kuikoua

added by ChristenKuikouafans
4 months ago

I wholeheartedly embrace my African heritage and take immense pride in it, unapologetically. Your disapproval doesn't sway me. Those who are close to me understand that I exude the regal presence of a prince authentically, not as a facade, because that's who I am.

– Christen Kuikoua

added by ChristenKuikouafans
5 months ago

Black people's legacy has to be about more than just keeping close-minded persons out of and inviting open-minded people into our lives.

– Link Starbureiy

added by anonymous
6 months ago

I'm more optimistic about America's chances today than I have been my entire life. And as one who has seen up close the tragic cost of conflict and the opportunities for progress, I will let no one separate me from my love for this country and my belief in our capacity for change.

– Joe Biden

added by anonymous
1 year ago

CLOSE YOUR EYES AND THINK THE ONE WHO LEFT YOU AND THE WORLD IN EACH MOMENT. IT COST NOTHING TO BE NICE.”

– Signatures Life

added by John M T
1 year ago

Have you ever seen somebody die? It’s not like in the movies, not to me. You don’t close their peaceful eyes and pray for their soul. Rather their eyes are full of horror. People say taken in the flower of their youth, how sad yet these people get to escape a lifetime of hell and still people mourn. I laugh in honor of the dead. may they rot in peace.

– Scott C. Holstad

added by scottholstad
1 year ago

I’ve been on the phone with counterparts from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, to make sure that we’re coordinating carefully, our team as well has been in very close contact with the African Union, with other international organizations – again, to make sure that everyone is coordinated and that we are channeling the shared determination among the international community to get to a ceasefire as quickly as possible and to put Sudan back on the track of talks, negotiations, again, to restore civilian-led government in Sudan.

– Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The combination of that forward-looking mindset from operators as well as the new regulations, I’m optimistic we’re going to close the current holes in the net, we need to accelerate our efforts, because we don’t have a lot of time.

– Riley Duren

Found on CNN
1 year ago

So, we’re using a foreign company that is owned by Venezuelans who are close to – were close to (Hugo) Chávez, are now close to (Nicolás) Maduro, have a history. They were founded as a company to fix elections, they have a terrible record, and they are extremely hackable.

– Rudy Giuliani

Found on CNN
1 year ago

As disruptive and as damaging as this year’s flooding has been, it’s still nowhere near close to what we foresee is the plausible worst-case scenario, we know that climate change is essentially putting the weather on steroids and giving us greater and greater chances of seeing these extremely heavy precipitation events and severe floods, even as we also see more severe droughts and that in the same part of the world.

– Daniel Swain

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Everything has been rebranded, the instructors are teaching differently. And we really pay close attention to first-timers to dispel all the myths. We always tell you to not be a hero and go at your own pace. But you can still measure your success and progress.

– Joey Gonzalez

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In Greece a few years ago, we’re sitting around talking about how close we are and our families, and my mom is there, and she says, ‘Woody, I knew your dad’ … Everyone was aware of the ellipses that my mom left after ‘knew.’ It was a loaded K-N-E-W.

– Matthew McConaughey

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I knew it would be hours before others could call her. And I thought she deserved to know, and we’re close right now to where I made that call, i’ve been governor during this pandemic, I’ve been governor during tornadoes and floods and -45 degree windchills and everything else. And we’ve lost a lot of people during those.

– Andy Beshear

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Do not get close to them, they don’t want any intrusion. … They’re not predators; it’s by accident if they’re injuring people.

– Philip Muruthi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Hippos have no interest in dealing with people. Stay away from them, and they will leave you alone. They are not hunting humans, do not get close to them.

– Rebecca Lewison

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We're peanut butter and jelly-quote by Curtis Lassiter to describe his incredibly close bond with daughter Renowned Global Activist Greshun De Bouse, and to describe how neither was good without the other. #curtislassiter #activistdebouse

– Curtis Lassiter

added by srvm
1 year ago

Last year, I survived a workplace shooting. And now yesterday, I’ve lost a very close friend in another workplace shooting.

– Craig Greenberg

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I use a standard Coach tote bag. It has textured leather so I just have to wipe it down to clean the outside, i like it because I can zip it up to close it and it fits my laptop. I got it as a gift when I first started my job and I have n’t had a need to replace it since.

– Kyra Tuwaig

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Ek shehar hain tera nigahon se dur kahin, jahan milti hain tu mujhe khawabon mein wahin. - Away from my sight, there is a city of yours Where I find you still, when I dream. Chalta nahi zor kismat par ab humara kya karein, milte hain hum inhi kashmakash mein kya karein? - What am I to do, when my will does not move fate? What are we to do, when in these dilemmas we meet? Chalein tere kadam mere safar par jo kabhi, mehsoos hota hain tu mujhe aaj bhi yahin kahin. - And when your feet make their journey my way, I sense you close by, even today. Koi raat aasmano par teri zulf bichati hain, teri yaad chaand ke shakkal mein ubhar kar aati hain. - Sometimes the nights drape your tresses on the darkened sky Where the moon reflects your memories gone by. Mujhe tu kismat se chup kar kabhi mil ja, main khaak ho agar toh tu gulaab ban kar khil ja. - Meet me someday, hidden from destiny And if I am ashes by then, bloom like a rose. Meri nigahon mein qaid hain yeh manzar sabhi, chalte hain teri nigahon se tez khanjar sabhi. - These glimpses I have captured behind my eyes Running like daggers sharper than your eyes. Teri adaa kya kahun kis kadar haseen hain, tu haseen hain, har lihaaz mein aur haseen hain. - What could I ever say, of your beauty, your grace For you are beautifulI n every aspect, beyond beautiful. Main hoon wahin jahan tu hain kahin, juda na ho bas dua hain yehi, hoti rahengi mulakatein tum se, nigahon se dur ho dil se nahi. - I exist, where you exist, and I pray only that we are not pulled apart I will meet you again my love - out of only sight, and not heart.

– Wajid Shaikh

added by anonymous
1 year ago

Youth organizations are crying out for government support. There’s funding there that ca n’t be given out – because there’s no government – and these youth services are going to close. Young people rely on it so much. I honestly ca n’t even begin to imagine the impact this will have on their lives, it feels like all these issues are more important than sectarian politics – but it feels like if we do n’t address sectarianism – then we ca n’t deal with these issues.

– Liam McBurney/PA Wire/AP Conlon

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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