#des

I think popular music in this country is one of the few things in the twentieth century that have made giant strides in reverse. ↗

— Bing Crosby

#country #few #few things #giant #i

Describing Woodstock as the "big bang," I think that's a great way to describe it, because the important thing about it wasn't how many people were there or that it was a lot of truly wonderful music that got played. ↗

— David Crosby

#bang #because #big #big bang #describe

... the effort to discover an authentic self, to strip away layers of alienation and culturally imposed identity and find a soul in a clear, unimpeded communion with the sacred is consonant with spiritual quests throughout the ages. Spiritual feminists, no less than medieval mystics, are searching in the ways made available to them through their culture to separate themselves from everything in their hearts and minds that puts them at odds with the divine plan (and therefore with their own best interests), and to find a true harmony between themselves and the universe. ↗

— Cynthia Eller

#goddess #soul #spirituality #age

Alfred Nobel's discoveries are characteristic; powerful explosives can help men perform admirable tasks. They are also a means to terrible destruction in the hands of the great criminals who lead peoples to war. ↗

— Pierre Curie

#alfred #also #characteristic #criminals #destruction

Bias and prejudice are attitudes to be kept in hand, not attitudes to be avoided. ↗

— Charles Curtis

#avoided #bias #hand #kept #prejudice

I've thought about doing other dramatic roles besides westerns, but I grew up in the West and I know the West. ↗

— Ken Curtis

#besides #doing #dramatic #dramatic roles #grew

Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles of that democracy which is ever on the lips of its members, and which, I hope, is in their hearts, as I know and feel it is in mine, and mean it shall be in my conduct. ↗

— Caleb Cushing

#conduct #democracy #desire #ever #feel

My passion for music has always inspired my designs. ↗

— Tommy Hilfiger

#designs #inspired #music #passion

The Crusades - the most signal and most durable monument of human folly that has yet appeared in any age or nation. ↗

— David Hume

#age

Growing up, I wanted desperately to please, to be a good girl. ↗

— Claire Danes

#desperately #girl #good #good girl #growing