#bid

We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us. ↗

— Ovid

#denied #ever #forbidden #striving #us

We can't afford to deny our past in a bid to be empowered. But what we can do is contextualize the past. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#bid #deny #empowered #our #past

Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#awe #deprived #discourage #ensue #horrid

That's metaphysics, my dear fellow. It's forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won't take it. ↗

— Boris Pasternak

#doctor #fellow #forbidden #me #metaphysics

A free society will abide unofficial, private discrimination, even when that means allowing hate-filled groups to exclude people based on the color of their skin. ↗

— Rand Paul

#allowing #based #color #discrimination #even

I'm thankful for Sarah Palin's vice presidential bid, which taught us that Alaska is not in a box off the coast of California. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

#bid #box #california #coast #i

I'm possibly a very morbid person but I think about death a lot. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#death #i #i think #lot #morbid

We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us. ↗

— Francois Rabelais

#denied #desire #forbidden #long #things

Rights are not a matter of numbers - and there can be no such thing, in law or in morality, as actions forbidden to an individual, but permitted to a mob. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#forbidden #individual #law #matter #mob

As we abide in sleep, intuitively resonating with the sum of all our experiences - this life and beyond - we gain refreshing perspective on our efforts and have an opportunity to remember what we know. ↗

— Henry Reed

#beyond #efforts #experiences #gain #intuitively