#fr

In the literal sense, there has been no relevant evolution since the trek from Africa. But there has been substantial progress towards higher standards of rights, justice and freedom - along with all too many illustrations of how remote is the goal of a decent society. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#along #been #decent #evolution #freedom

You know, I left the country when Reagan got in; I went to France. And when George Bush Jr. got in, my instincts told me it was time to go - I'd felt that we had grown above that, you know? ↗

— Tommy Chong

#bush #country #felt #france #george

There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will. ↗

— Agatha Christie

#does #evils #free #free will #god

I do not understand where the idea came from that opera is only for privileged people, I am as happy singing before 70,000 people at the Millennium Stadium, as I am in front of a few hundred in a small concert hall. ↗

— Katherine Jenkins

#before #came #concert #concert hall #few

One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends. ↗

— Rachel Field

#book #book writing #brings #friends #old

I've got many close friends, but there's an awful lot about friendship that is not demonstrative in my case. ↗

— Warren Christopher

#awful #case #close #close friends #demonstrative

The monitors indicated that it was a credible election, I think, in an overall sense, it apparently is a free and fair election, so it's a real milestone and one of the things we can take some little confidence in. ↗

— Warren Christopher

#confidence #credible #election #fair #free

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#inestimable #possession #value

The United Nations system is still the best instrument for making the world less fragile. ↗

— Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

#fragile #instrument #less #making #nations

When I first came to New York I was a dancer, and a French record label offered me a recording contract and I had to go to Paris to do it. So I went there and that's how I really got into the music business. But I didn't like what I was doing when I got there, so I left, and I never did a record there. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#came #contract #dancer #did #doing