#emo

The media is absolutely essential to the functioning of a democracy. It's not our job to cozy up to power. We're supposed to be the check and balance on government. ↗

— Amy Goodman

#balance #check #cozy #democracy #essential

Democracy must learn to defend itself. ↗

— Mikhail Gorbachev

#democracy #itself #learn #must

The problem with the auto industry is layered upon the lack of consumer confidence. People are not buying cars. I don't care whether they're or American cars, or international cars. ↗

— Jennifer M. Granholm

#democratic #democratic party #opportunity #party #progressives

Autism is a neurological disorder. It's not caused by bad parenting. It's caused by, you know, abnormal development in the brain. The emotional circuits in the brain are abnormal. And there also are differences in the white matter, which is the brain's computer cables that hook up the different brain departments. ↗

— Temple Grandin

#also #autism #bad #brain #cables

I'm a visual thinker, really bad at algebra. There's others that are a pattern thinker. These are the music and math minds. They think in patterns instead of pictures. Then there's another type that's not a visual thinker at all, and they're the ones that memorize all of the sports statistics, all of the weather statistics. ↗

— Temple Grandin

#another #bad #i #instead #math

When the Democrats were investigating the U.S. attorneys that were accused of responding to political pressure, that I joined Senator Leahy in efforts to get transparency of all of the documents. ↗

— Chuck Grassley

#attorneys #democrats #documents #efforts #get

I hate jealous guys! Everyone can be jealous. We all have that in us. Push the demon down or it's going to drive the other person away. ↗

— Ashley Greene

#demon #down #drive #everyone #going

I write quite a lot of sonnets, and I think of them almost as prayers: short and memorable, something you can recite. ↗

— Carol Ann Duffy

#i #i think #i write #lot #memorable

Recent action in Syria and Palestine also tell us that the awakening voices of democracy in those regions are occurring, and that those in that region are able to pursue it without being stifled by terrorists that are despotic. ↗

— Judd Gregg

#action #also #awakening #being #democracy

I acknowledge the privilege of being alive in a human body at this moment, endowed with senses, memories, emotions, thoughts, and the space of mind in its wisdom aspect. ↗

— Alex Grey

#alive #aspect #being #body #emotions