#dec

It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That's where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts. We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn't get the mule. So we decided we'd ride this donkey as far as it would take us. ↗

— Al Sharpton

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When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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It is instructive, for instance, to trace the computer industry's decline in vision, idealism, creativity, romance and sheer fun as it becomes more and more important and prosperous. ↗

— Robert Shea

#computer #creativity #decline #fun #idealism

I've spent, I think, close to the last decade effortlessly and magically converting your tin cans into pure gold. ↗

— Charlie Sheen

#close #converting #decade #effortlessly #gold

I decided there and then to sue the bastards. ↗

— Barry Sheene

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There's this sense of excitement because you invent and control the characters. You decide whether they live or die. I find this type of creative process tremendously stimulating. ↗

— Sidney Sheldon

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There are a lot of things that have to be considered in National. The military aspect of it is only one of them. I'm confident that President Bush will have all of those things laid out for him before he makes the decision. ↗

— Hugh Shelton

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I didn't decide I was crazy until 1952. That's when I began making a steady salary and could afford to be crazy. ↗

— Allan Sherman

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Don't underestimate the people. Let them decide. ↗

— Thaksin Shinawatra

#people #them #underestimate