#ark

On the contrary, if they are treated with justice and humanity, proper example and the advantages of education given them, the coming years will be as bright and prosperous to the unfortunate race as the past has been dark and painful. ↗

— Nelson A. Miles

#been #bright #coming #contrary #dark

The more we study the Indian's character the more we appreciate the marked distinction between the civilized being and the real savage. ↗

— Nelson A. Miles

#being #between #character #civilized #distinction

I don't think I've ever been accused of being faddish. I'm more Marks & Spencer than Ted Baker. ↗

— David Miliband

#amp #baker #been #being #ever

The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#chief danger #danger #dare #eccentric #few

I wanted to portray very, very dark subject matter and a deceptively complex story in the brightest colours and simplest lines possible to leave the readers reeling. ↗

— Mark Millar

#colours #complex #dark #deceptively #i

I don't own an ounce of the work I've ever done on 'Batman,' and I still work on 'Batman.' I love the character, I think it's a lot of fun, and it's kind of fun to be in that ballpark every once in a while, where you're seeing a different crowd. ↗

— Frank Miller

#batman #character #crowd #different #done

The larger-than-life thing is definitely what I'm after. I've always drawn dark stories. Occasionally, I'll try a perfect hero, but it's a real stretch for me. I like 'em warts and all, and obsessive and weird. ↗

— Frank Miller

#always #dark #definitely #drawn #hero

The Spartans were a paradoxical people. They were the biggest slave owners in Greece. But at the same time, Spartan women had an unusual level of rights. It's a paradox that they were a bunch of people who in many ways were fascist, but they were the bulwark against the fall of democracy. ↗

— Frank Miller

#biggest #bulwark #bunch #democracy #fall

The United States' gasoline industry, as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita demonstrated, is remarkably fragile. And the process of how oil is pumped from the ground, turned into gasoline and distributed to consumers is complicated. ↗

— Gary Miller

#consumers #demonstrated #distributed #fragile #gasoline