#den

A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#could #either #events #felt #hesitates

I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden. ↗

— Lars von Trier

#emotions #forbidden #grew #home #i

Sin is basically a denial of God's right of possession. ↗

— Edwin Louis Cole

#denial #god #possession #right #sin

I think that there's been an unfortunate tendency for right wing think tanks to dominate these discussions. They often produce very shoddy studies and policy recommendations, which are nevertheless taken very seriously. ↗

— Juan Cole

#discussions #dominate #i #i think #nevertheless

I have a theory about that, if you have to say something, if you have encourage for one second a prospective acting student - he should not go in to acting. ↗

— Dabney Coleman

#acting #encourage #go #i #prospective

I parody myself every chance I get. I try to make fun of myself and let people know that I'm a human being, and these things that have happened to me are real. I'm not just some cartoon who exists and suddenly doesn't exist. ↗

— Gary Coleman

#cartoon #chance #every #exist #exists

Grades are almost completely relative, in effect ranking students relative to others in their class. Thus extra achievement by one student not only raises his position, but in effect lowers the position of others. ↗

— James S. Coleman

#almost #class #completely #effect #extra

Cultural dominance of middle-class norms prevail in middle-class schools with a teacher teaching toward those standards and with students striving to maintain those standards. ↗

— James S. Coleman

#dominance #maintain #middle-class #norms #prevail

The Pell Grant is more than a financial aid program for college students in need. It is the right thing to do for America's college students, and it is the right thing to do for America's economy. ↗

— Norm Coleman

#aid program #america #college #college students #economy

To me, human existence exists on a multiple level, not just on a two-dimensional level, not just having to be identified with what you do and what you say. ↗

— Ornette Coleman

#exists #having #human #human existence #identified