#cause

Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting around conventional wisdom. A lot of these people have never reported a story. ↗

— Bob Woodward

#batting #because #conventional #conventional wisdom #lot

You had better love the music... because sometimes the music doesn't love you. ↗

— Zakk Wylde

#better #had #love #love you #music

So you don't speak English, you have no ID, you can't tell where you're from... that's suspicion, it's lower than probable cause. And then we have a right to call immigration and check you out. ↗

— Joe Arpaio

#cause #check #english #id #immigration

The FBI has long been a part of the security for the nation's banks because bank robberies have been a priority. ↗

— John Ashcroft

#banks #because #been #fbi #long

All I ask is this: Do something. Try something. Speaking out, showing up, writing a letter, a check, a strongly worded e-mail. Pick a cause – there are few unworthy ones. And nudge yourself past the brink of tacit support to action. Once a month, once a year, or just once...Even just learning enough about a subject so you can speak against an opponent eloquently makes you an unusual personage. Start with that. Any one of you would have cried out, would have intervened, had you been in that crowd in Bashiqa. Well thanks to digital technology, you’re all in it now. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#inspirational #taking-action #inspirational

I'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids. ↗

— Charles Barkley

#because #dunk #i #just #just because

I tend to play a lot of blues things at home, because most blues things are basically within a 12-bar pattern. ↗

— Marc Bolan

#because #blues #home #i #lot

Part of the reason that the government's fear mongering is succeeding is because so many people are so ignorant, that it is easier for government to frighten people in submission. ↗

— James Bovard

#easier #fear #frighten #government #ignorant

So smoking is the perfect way to commit suicide without actually dying. I smoke because it's bad, it's really simple. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#bad #because #commit #dying #i

The mandate you go with is intimidating and also is a source of respect that you gain, because you have come with this mandate from the United Nations. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

#because #come #gain #go #intimidating