#brat

If whiteness were of no particular advantage, then having a fuller color wheel of skin tones would be purely a matter of celebration. But whiteness - just a drop of it - does still carry privilege. You learn that very young in America. ↗

— Eric Liu

#america #carry #celebration #color #does

That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree. And so I got an indigenous tree, called Nandi flame, it has this beautiful red flowers. When it is in flower it is like it is in flame. ↗

— Wangari Maathai

#beautiful #called #celebrate #flame #flower

The surprise with which a detective novel concludes should set up tragic vibrations which run backward through the entire structure. ↗

— Ross MacDonald

#concludes #detective #entire #novel #run

The folks celebrating Jim Bunning are seeing him as an anti-government, anti-spending activist. But to embrace Jim Bunning is to embrace a strange record, if you really are a libertarian, if you really are a deficit hawk, if you really care about spending and responsibility. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#activist #care #celebrating #deficit #embrace

The most celebrated system of jurisprudence known to the world begins, as it ends, with a Code. ↗

— Henry James Sumner Maine

#celebrated #code #ends #jurisprudence #known

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#appreciate #behind #better #celebrate #danger

While the coach is entitled to celebrate the team's victories, there is a manner and a way of doing so without aggravating the opponent. ↗

— Diego Maradona

#celebrate #coach #doing #entitled #manner

However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also critically examine where we are at this historical moment, recognize the many challenges ahead and reaffirm our commitment to making Brown v. Board a reality. ↗

— Ed Markey

#also #board #brown #celebrate #certainly

As a songwriter, there's nothing better than winning Song Of The Year. But I couldn't really celebrate, because it wasn't right. Luther wasn't standing next to me, to receive the award. ↗

— Richard Marx

#because #better #celebrate #i #luther

I really enjoyed the last scene at the Ewok celebration after the battle. ↗

— Peter Mayhew

#battle #celebration #enjoyed #i #last