#because

If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it, I become singled out, even though what I'm saying is common sense. It's very essential values that we all have to protect. But in Chinese society, people are giving up on protecting these values. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#become #chinese #common #common sense #essential

Well, you know, if you get into the profession because you think you can make a lot of money, you can never become successful. ↗

— Martin Yan

#become #get #into #know #lot

The townspeople outside the reservations had a very superior attitude toward Indians, which was kind of funny, because they weren't very wealthy; they were on the fringes of society themselves. ↗

— James Welch

#because #fringes #funny #had #indians

I live in L.A., I grew up here, it's not that crazy for me because it's L.A., you know? ↗

— Michael Welch

#crazy #grew #here #i #know

Enlightenment is the key to everything, and it is the key to intimacy, because it is the goal of true authenticity. ↗

— Marianne Williamson

#because #enlightenment #everything #goal #intimacy

Our enemies and our would-be enemies are working very hard at cyberterrorism... They're trying to level the playing field because they know they can't beat us tank for tank, plane for plane. ↗

— Curt Weldon

#because #field #hard #know #level

We're going to break a story that there are people on the staff on the 9-11 Commission that didn't want the 9-11 Commissioners to know the details of Able Danger because of the potential to embarrass those commissioners. ↗

— Curt Weldon

#able danger #because #break #commission #commissioners

I want to hear as much music as I possibly can before I leave this mortal coil but it's impossible to hear it all because there's so much of it. ↗

— Paul Weller

#before #hear #i #impossible #leave

Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong. ↗

— Barry White

#brothers #families #five #four #had

These rejections hurt me terribly because I felt it was my life that was being rejected. ↗

— Edmund White

#being #felt #hurt #i #life