#cult

Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the cultivation of his talent. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#any #born #conspiracy #cultivation #feels

The honest truth is that if this government were to propose the massacre of the first-born, it would still have no difficulty in getting it through the Commons. ↗

— Diane Abbott

#difficulty #getting #government #honest #honest truth

There are a lot of authors in the world, so it's difficult to find a unique niche to present your take on things. That is always a challenge for any author. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#any #author #authors #challenge #difficult

When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of the Harlem Renaissance, a time when African-Americans rose to prominence in American culture. For the first time, they were taken seriously as artists, musicians, writers, athletes, and as political thinkers. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#american culture #appreciation #artists #athletes #community

My difficulties belong to me! ↗

— Alfred Adler

#difficulties #me

The type of fig leaf which each culture employs to cover its social taboos offers a twofold description of its morality. It reveals that certain unacknowledged behavior exists and it suggests the form that such behavior takes. ↗

— Freda Adler

#certain #cover #culture #description #each

Many other countries in this world are in a difficult situation, and all the Thai people are probably worried about the fate of Thailand: whether the country would survive or not. ↗

— Bhumibol Adulyadej

#countries #country #difficult #fate #many

Everyone must correct his own self; this is something more difficult to cope with, but it is not impossible. ↗

— Bhumibol Adulyadej

#correct #difficult #everyone #his #impossible

People forget that a huge proportion of our jobs still depend on agricultural production in Australia so of course there are exports. That's easily overlooked. ↗

— John Anderson

#australia #course #depend #easily #exports

At the end of the day, you want to be always the one that's one step ahead of everybody, and when it comes to hip-hop, culture and art, you want to be that signature guy. ↗

— Carmelo Anthony

#always #art #comes #culture #day