#be

The world was in terrible shape, and I'm glad we stood up and said what we believed; but a lot of the time we'd say these beautiful things about justice and fairness and equality, but we weren't so nice to each other. We'd be jealous and we'd gossip, and we'd be moody and difficult and rude and inconsiderate. Why do I say 'we'? I mean I would be all that-- and if at the time I ever came near to knowing what I'd become, I'd dodge, I'd duck, I'd go on the offensive: the terrible Wall Street bankers. Lots of them were terrible-- and so were lots of us. ↗

— Dorothy Day

#honesty #kindness #beauty

The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

#rebellion #than #thing #worse

I'm a capitalist. I believe that people take risk, and there are rewards if they do well; they should lose if they don't. ↗

— Harold Ford

#capitalist #i #i believe #i believe that #lose

I prefer film to the stage. I always like the rehearsal better than I like performing. ↗

— Brad Dourif

#better #film #i #i always #like

Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit. ↗

— Rita Dove

#complexities #human #human spirit #means #really

I didn't know writers could be real live people, because I never knew any writers. ↗

— Rita Dove

#be real #because #could #i #knew

Looking long term, a stronger, wealthier, and more stable Central America next door benefits the United States' own safety, security, and economy. ↗

— James T. Walsh

#benefits #central #door #economy #long

I think children have talent and insight, but it gets beaten out of them. ↗

— Rita Dove

#children #gets #i #i think #insight

I think when you follow a band, you're following a - and I don't like to use the term 'brand,' but you are following a kind of style, if you like. So I think you have to accept that there will be different people involved from time to time. ↗

— Geoff Downes

#band #be different #brand #different #different people

Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve. ↗

— Maureen Dowd

#authority #beautiful #celebrity #democracy #deserve