#fr

What a man is ashamed of is always at bottom himself; and he is ashamed of himself at bottom always for being afraid. ↗

— Robin G. Collingwood

#always #ashamed #being #being afraid #bottom

We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the freed black men had their champions, but where are ours? ↗

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

#battles #been #black #champions #class

It's kind of weird, because I look at myself as just a normal person. My friends get rejected all the time, so why shouldn't I? I don't think I'm anything special. ↗

— Nick Carter

#because #friends #get #i #just

We were talking about the prince,' Sansa said, her voice soft as a kiss. Arya knew which prince she meant: Joffrey, of course. The tall, handsome one. Sansa got to sit with him at the feast. Arya had to sit with the little fat one. Naturally. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#a-song-of-ice-and-fire #arya #feast #funny #george-r-r-martin

My kids love Ibiza and we feel committed to it because we keep coming back to the same area. People recognise us in shops now and we have a social life here. We cook at home and have friends around. ↗

— Neneh Cherry

#around #back #because #coming #committed

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#deepening #purpose #save #spirit

A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse King, with only one square between them. This is often an important advantage in ending games. ↗

— Howard Staunton

#adverse #between #directly #ending #front

I certainly believe that all of my friends should have the right, as Marc and I did, to marry their best friend. I certainly expect my straight friends to help us achieve that for all New Yorkers, for all Americans, and for the children that, at least, Marc and I hope to have someday. ↗

— Chelsea Clinton

#all americans #believe #best #best friend #certainly

The terrible error in the course of human civilization is undoubtedly the defective judgment that allowed religious authorities usurp the foundation of societal morality, in which all collective ethics of humankind must take a cause. This appalling blunder is comparable only to assigning the leper exclusive franchise to run beauty clinics in the society; this can only lead to cycles upon cycles of common infection syndrome. ↗

— Adebowale Ojowuro

#ethics-and-moral-philosophy #freethought #new-book #religion #scepticism

Nowadays the big Hollywood studios only make about three movies a year, and they cost about $200 million each. There's no room for error in that, and not a lot of room, I would think, for free expression. ↗

— Robbie Coltraine

#big #cost #each #error #expression