#cause

Because when you watch U.S. television, all the presenters and reporters, they're all out of central casting. ↗

— Diane Abbott

#casting #central #out #reporters #television

Gun crime is a major cause of fear and distress throughout the UK. The problem is deeply entrenched in a wide range of social and cultural factors and therefore not an isolated issue. ↗

— Diane Abbott

#crime #cultural #deeply #distress #entrenched

We thought that whatever we wanted to do was right and good, simply because we were Americans, and we would succeed at it because we were Americans. ↗

— Neil Sheehan

#good #right #simply #succeed #thought

If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work - because if they don't, they won't be around the next time the ballot box is open. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#ballot #ballot box #because #box #elected

I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#because #been #being #black #black americans

I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated very badly with something that was called genocide in those days. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#because #called #days #desire #federation

I've had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about the mistreatment of factions in the country because of difference in religion. These are things we should put behind us. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#again #because #behind #country #difference

I'm such a good lover because I practice a lot on my own. ↗

— Woody Allen

#good #i #lot #lover #my own

I think what we have in this country is a little more dangerous in a way because it can't be seen fully. It's sorta internal censorship. We censor each other. ↗

— Kathy Acker

#censor #censorship #country #dangerous #each

I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where I might be ruled by economic considerations. To overcome that, I started working with my dreams, because I'm not so censored when I use dream material. ↗

— Kathy Acker

#censored #considerations #dream #dreams #economic