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In Birmingham, Manchester or Liverpool there are white gangs that share the same backgrounds - they come from broken homes, completely dysfunctional, mums for the most part unable to cope, the fathers of these kids completely not in the scene. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#birmingham #broken #come #completely #cope

Declaring independence was the most traumatic decision I had to live up to. Because I didn't want to do it. ↗

— Ian Smith

#decision #declaring #had #i #independence

I would say colonialism is a wonderful thing. It spread civilization to Africa. Before it they had no written language, no wheel as we know it, no schools, no hospitals, not even normal clothing. ↗

— Ian Smith

#before #civilization #clothing #colonialism #even

I had to get into a place for myself of thinking what I would create for myself if I didn't have to worry about making money. ↗

— Jada Pinkett Smith

#create #get #had #i #into

Change starts with YOU. When you step up, you invite others to step up, too. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#inspiration #making-a-difference #making-a-difference-in-the-world #making-changes #positive-thinking

You cannot “catch” anything unless you think you can, and thinking you can is inviting it to you with your thought. You are also inviting illness if you are listening to people talking about their illness. As you listen, you are giving all your thought and focus to illness, and when you give all of your thought to something, you are asking for it. ↗

— Rhonda Byrne

#illness #law-of-attraction #law-of-attraction-quotes #new-age #new-thought

Violent crime is a solved problem - all they have to do is repeal the laws that keep those intelligent, capable, and responsible men and women from arming themselves, and violent crime evaporates like dry ice on a hot summer day. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#capable #crime #day #dry #evaporates

I'm tired of being considered some kind of criminal or dangerous throwback for no other reason than that I value, exercise, and defend my rights under the first ten Amendments to the United States Constitution. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#considered #constitution #criminal #dangerous #defend

As a novelist, I have a somewhat higher soapbox to stand on than most people do when it comes to talking back to the merchants of fear. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#comes #fear #higher #i #merchants

Hearts that are delicate and kind and tongues that are neither - these make the finest company in the world. ↗

— Logan Pearsall Smith

#delicate #finest #hearts #kind #make