#aw

Attempts to wake before our time are often punished, especially by those who love us most. Because they, bless them, are asleep. They think anyone who wakes up, or who, still asleep, realizes that what is taken to be real is a ‘dream’ is going crazy. ↗

— R.D. Laing

#consciousness #dreams

The European Borders Agency in Warsaw has been created to help border forces in Europe cooperate more. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#been #border #borders #cooperate #created

So, after awhile, you can only get so much happiness from a guy who's drunk come up and tell you you're great. ↗

— Rick Derringer

#awhile #come #drunk #get #great

I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they're wrong. And not just admitting it; also realizing it. Most lawyers are very successful, and they think that because they're making money and people think well of them, they must be doing everything right. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#also #because #doing #everything #i

I think extremists within the base may very well move the Democratic party away from its pro-Israel position. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#base #democratic #democratic party #extremists #i

I think mistakes are the essence of science and law. It's impossible to conceive of either scientific progress or legal progress without understanding the important role of being wrong and of mistakes. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#conceive #either #essence #i #i think

It's never acceptable to target civilians. It violates the Geneva Accords, it violates the international law of war and it violates all principles of morality. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#accords #civilians #geneva #international #international law

When I came back from Bolivia, my Spanish was in some ways as good as my English. I am rusty today. But I am comfortable talking in Spanish. I am not flawless or fluent, but I am comfortable. It takes me a day or two speaking a lot of Spanish to get back into a rhythm. ↗

— David Dewhurst

#back #bolivia #came #comfortable #comfortable talking

The first kiss I had was the most disgusting thing in my life. The girl injected about a pound of saliva into my mouth, and when I walked away I had to spit it all out. ↗

— Leonardo DiCaprio

#away #disgusting #first #first kiss #girl

Federal elections happen every two years in this country. Presidential elections every four years. And four years just isn't long enough to dismantle all the environmental laws we've got in this country. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#dismantle #elections #enough #environmental #every