#cons

The consequences of President Johnson's campaign of deliberate deception regarding Vietnam could hardly have been more catastrophic for the nation, the military, the president, his party, and the presidency itself. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#campaign #catastrophic #consequences #could #deception

The myth of the liberal media empowers conservatives to control debate in the United States to the point where liberals cannot even hope for a fair shake anymore. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#cannot #conservatives #control #debate #empowers

I'm a traitor, but I don't consider myself a traitor. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

#i #myself #traitor

I have been thinking ... that the social moulds civilization fits us into have no more relation to our actual shapes than the conventional shapes of the constellations have to the real star-patterns. I am called Mrs. Richard Phillotson, living a calm wedded life with my counterpart of that name. But I am not really Mrs. Richard Phillotson, but a woman tossed about, all alone, with aberrant passions, and unaccountable antipathies… ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#social-constraints #nature

There's room for everybody on the planet to be creative and conscious if you are your own person. If you're trying to be like somebody else, then there is isn't. ↗

— Tori Amos

#creative #else #everybody #like #own

When you're a musician and you break new ground it resonates into the common consciousness. ↗

— Trey Anastasio

#common #consciousness #ground #into #musician

My little circle of friends know how twisted my brain is. I'm constantly reading and people always think, 'Ah, we didn't know that about you', but that's part of my charm. ↗

— Pamela Anderson

#ah #always #brain #charm #circle

The ability to reduce everything to simple fundamental laws does not imply the ability to start from those laws and reconstruct the universe. ↗

— Philip Warren Anderson

#does #everything #fundamental #fundamental laws #imply

They are a fairly aggressive conservation organization that was started to protect the great whales particularly, but in general all marine life around the world. So those are the people I'm trying to attach my name to. ↗

— Richard Dean Anderson

#around #attach #conservation #fairly #general

If I ever find a pitcher who has heat, a good curve, and a slider, I might seriously consider marrying him, or at least proposing. ↗

— Sparky Anderson

#curve #ever #find #good #heat