#ali

The introduction of political pluralism often quickly led to bad results. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#introduction #led #often #pluralism #political

The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#account #claim #enables #enemy #essence

Color does not add a pleasant quality to design - it reinforces it. ↗

— Pierre Bonnard

#add #color #does #pleasant #quality

I do realise how incredibly lucky I am. ↗

— Hugh Bonneville

#how #i #i am #i do #incredibly

What if the differences between social strata stem not from genomics or inherent xcellence or even dollars, but merely differences in knowledge? Would this not mean the whole Pyramid is built on shifting sands?" I speculated such a suggestion could be seen as a serious deviancy. Melphi seemed delited. "Try this for deviancy: fabricants are mirrors held up to purebloods' consciences; what purebloods see reflected there sickens them. So they blame you for holding up the mirror." I hid my shock by asking when purebloods might blame themselves. Melphi relplied, "History suggests, not until they are made to. ↗

— David Mitchell

#equality #hatred #justice #perception #racism

I am unfair and unjust, not to you but to myself. ↗

— Stef Harder

#fair #self-love #self-worth #self-worthiness #equality

When I realised I was transgender I was so afraid of what my transition would do to everyone else in my life and how they would react to it and would I be rejected? ↗

— Chastity Bono

#else #everyone #how #i #life

I especially love French, Italian and Japanese cuisines. ↗

— Eva Herzigova

#especially #french #i #italian #japanese

People should realize we're jerks just like them. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#just #like #people #realize #should

Then the album created a tremendous furor and got me kicked off Christian television for two months, and then restored after they settled down and listened to the music and realized there was nothing wrong with it. ↗

— Pat Boone

#album #christian #created #down #got