#dent

We can't equate democracy with Christianity because the largest democracy on earth is India, which is primarily Hindu. The third largest democracy is Indonesia, which is Islamic. Democracy and freedom are not dependent on Christian beliefs. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#beliefs #christian #christianity #democracy #dependent

There's always an element of self delusion among people who believe they ought to be President. There's an underestimation of your opponent and an overestimation of your own abilities. This is compatible with being rich and powerful, the idea that we were blessed by God because we deserve to be blessed. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#among #because #being #being rich #believe

Heart and head are the constituent parts of character; temperament has almost nothing to do with it, and, therefore, character is dependent upon education, and is susceptible of being corrected and improved. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

#being #character #constituent #corrected #dependent

There's just a feeling you get from certain things you do in life that just kind of feel pure and independent of what's actually, physically, going on. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#certain #certain things #feel #feeling #get

I prefer younger men. In some ways, they are much more open to a woman being stronger and independent then some of the men my age. ↗

— Kim Cattrall

#being #i #independent #men #more

Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling it knows what he is doing. ↗

— Dick Cavett

#dentistry #doing #finances #handling #knows

Don't patronize the chain bookstores. Every time I see some author scheduled to read and sign his books at a chain bookstore, I feel like telling him he's stabbing the independent bookstores in the back. ↗

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

#back #books #bookstore #bookstores #chain

In my own recent String Trio I attempt to superimpose two quite different sets of formal strategies, both of which, ultimately, refer back to historical precedent. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#back #both #different #different sets #formal

We do have a zeal for laughter in most situations, give or take a dentist. ↗

— Joseph Heller

#give #laughter #most #situations #take

China is more prosperous than before. The people have better lives but they are not happy and confident because the scars are still there. ↗

— Jung Chang

#before #better #china #confident #happy