#ali

Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#ball #book #hand #intensely #light

Broadband access is the great equalizer, leveling the playing field so that every willing and able person, no matter their station in life, has access to the information and tools necessary to achieve the American Dream. ↗

— Michael K. Powell

#access #achieve #american #american dream #broadband

Communism is inequality, but not as property is. Property is exploitation of the weak by the strong. Communism is exploitation of the strong by the weak. ↗

— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

#exploitation #inequality #property #strong #weak

I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#closer #dreams #i #i think #our

I am deeply interested in the progress and elevation of journalism, having spent my life in that profession, regarding it as a noble profession and one of unequaled importance for its influence upon the minds and morals of the people. ↗

— Joseph Pulitzer

#deeply #elevation #having #i #i am

When you are young you don't always realise how full of doubts everybody is. ↗

— Helen Dunmore

#doubts #everybody #full #how #realise

The rule on staying alive as a forecaster is to give 'em a number or give 'em a date, but never give 'em both at once. ↗

— Jane Bryant Quinn

#both #date #give #never #number

On a day when Osama bin Laden again threatened the United States and our allies, it is disturbing to realize that John Kerry neither recognizes nor understands the murderous ideology of our enemies and the threat they pose to our nation. ↗

— Marc Racicot

#allies #bin #day #disturbing #ideology

In the history of America, we've never had an energy plan. We don't even realize the resources we have available to us. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#available #energy #energy plan #even #had

On a shelf above my computer are five letters that spell out W-R-I-T-E. Just in case I forget why I'm there. I also have 'Wonder Woman' paraphernalia from when I wrote five issues of the comic, and pictures of my husband and kids. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#also #case #comic #computer #five