#ect

The copycat effects of media violence, similar to those previously attributed to westerns, radio serials and comic books, are easy to exaggerate. ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#books #comic #comic books #easy #effects

I’m only going to say this once,” I said with a finger pointed at him. “So don’t make me repeat it. I’ve sacrificed everything for you and the angels. I deserve some respect around here. From now on what’s best for me will be discussed with me. Actually, any affairs with the angels will now be discussed with me. You make sure you mind-to-mind that with Ehno, Aiden, and Patrick. And then tell Patrick to phone Joseph and tell him too, while you’re at it! ↗

— Laura Kreitzer

#fierce #gabriella-moretti #laura-kreitzer #timeless #respect

We shall all respect the principles of each other and do nothing that would be regarded as an act of oppression to any portion of the people. ↗

— Alexander Mackenzie

#any #each #nothing #oppression #other

You're going to have more rejection than acceptance. ↗

— Barry Mann

#going #more #rejection #than #you

Its easy to view politicians as corrupt and voting essentially an act of picking the lesser of two evils. I understand that perspective and feel it's valid. ↗

— Macklemore

#corrupt #easy #essentially #evils #feel

Music is therapy. Music moves people. It connects people in ways that no other medium can. It pulls heart strings. It acts as medicine. ↗

— Macklemore

#connects #heart #medicine #medium #moves

Directors work 10 times harder than anyone else. Get paid a quarter. ↗

— William H. Macy

#directors #else #get #harder #paid

As proud and capable as it is, I think the idea that the military can build new countries is a tall order, and it's the sort of thing that we would only expect from a military that we have superresourced and thought of as supercapable. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#capable #countries #expect #i #i think

If something is being done on a secret basis in national security, that's a great reason for elected officials to not talk about it. And that's a great way to shirk accountability for it with the public. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#accountability #basis #being #being done #done

If the colonists hadn't rejected British militarism and the massive financial burden of maintaining the British military, America wouldn't exist. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#british #burden #colonists #exist #financial