#aw

It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to physics or chemistry. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#catholic #chemistry #forbidden #lawful #mathematics

Seven out of 10 Americans are one paycheck away from being homeless. ↗

— Pras Michel

#being #homeless #out #paycheck #seven

As long as I'm an hour away from a major airport, I can get to that job. ↗

— Michael Moriarty

#away #get #hour #i #i can

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#law #little #much #nature #power

I missed being considered an athlete and having that competitive drive, and missed having something to work for every day. I'd taken two and a half years away from the sport and was out of shape. I wanted to get back to where I was in 2008. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#away #back #being #competitive #considered

I told myself after 2008 that I was done for good. But they say you can't keep a gymnast away from her sport. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#away #done #good #gymnast #her

I grew up watching those blaxploitation movies. Ron O'Neal, Richard Roundtree, Jim Brown, Pam Grier. For the first time, I saw 'The Negro' get one over on 'The Man.' ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#first #first time #get #grew #i

I kind of realize that I have a tendency to choose the kind of films I watched when I was a kid and would go home and pretend with my friends that we were in those movies after we saw them. ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#choose #films #friends #go #go home

And of course we are familiar with the English common law rule of thumb that said a man could in fact use a stick no bigger than his thumb to discipline his wife and family. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#common #common law #could #course #discipline

People go to movies on Saturday to get away from the war in Iraq and taxes and election news and pedophiles online and just go and have some fun. I like doing movies that are fun. ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#doing #election #fun #get #go