#al

The ability of the 1 percent to buy politicians and regulators is nothing new in American politics - just as inequality has been a permanent part of our economic system. This is true of virtually all political and economic systems. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#american #american politics #been #buy #economic

Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness of sin to the purity of God's image. ↗

— William Ames

#god #image #man #purity #real

Back 20 years ago, I was recording with Bruce Springsteen, and his producer called me and said I had to be in the studio the next day to finish the sessions, and I couldn't. I had to be in court, in California. All this took like 10 years out of my life. ↗

— Ronnie Spector

#back #bruce #bruce springsteen #california #called

If what you achieve today is equal to what you achieved yesterday, then you are at a loss. And if what you have achieved today is less than what you achieved yesterday, then you are deprived from the Almighty's blessings. Anyone who is not progressing, is in fact regressing, and if you are regressing, then you might as well be dead. ↗

— Ali-Ibne-Abu Talib

#self-improvement #success #equality

Warren Buffett pays taxes on a smaller percentage of his billions in income than his cleaning lady. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#cleaning #his #income #lady #pays

I look for these qualities and characteristics in people. Honesty is number one, respect, and absolutely the third would have to be loyalty. ↗

— Summer Altice

#characteristics #honesty #honesty is #i #look

My favorite book is the last one printed, which is always better than those that were published earlier. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#better #book #earlier #favorite #last

Please go, I beg you. I wish to stay as your equal. When I'm with you, my resolve weakens. -Tsukuyo to Gintoki(Gintama) ↗

— Sorachi Hideaki

#love #equality

Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon. ↗

— Sidney Altman

#few #frequent #general #hypothesis #instances

I like writing on piano and a computer, and a lot of 'Plans' came out of samples and vocal lines. ↗

— Ben Gibbard

#computer #i #like #lines #lot