#end

The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#ascendant #general #mankind #mediocrity #power

To send our troops, our ships, our planes to this war is ridiculous. ↗

— John Hewson

#planes #ridiculous #send #ships #troops

Given that, and assuming that we begin to adjust to issues like climate change and the greenhouse effect, Denver's location in the center of the country becomes a tremendous advantage. ↗

— John Hickenlooper

#advantage #assuming #becomes #begin #center

I'm the most independent and conservative Democrat in New York State. ↗

— Brian Higgins

#democrat #i #independent #most #new

As a taxpayer, I want to assure you that Republicans are doing everything we can to reduce wasteful spending. ↗

— Jeff Miller

#doing #everything #i #reduce #republicans

I am deeply saddened by the death of my dear friend, Dudley Moore. ↗

— Liza Minelli

#dear #dear friend #death #deeply #dudley

We tend to think of meditation in only one way. But life itself is a meditation. ↗

— Raul Julia

#life #meditation #only #tend #think

The evidence does not support abstinence-only interventions as the best way to keep young people from unintended pregnancy. ↗

— Jonathan Klein

#best way #does #evidence #interventions #keep

To be able to pretend to be something that I'm frankly not is very liberating and exciting. ↗

— Hugh Laurie

#exciting #frankly #i #liberating #pretend

I think I'm part of a generation of crime writers all of whom woke up independently and recoiled with horror at the fact that we'd chosen this very conservative genre. ↗

— Laura Lippman

#conservative #crime #fact #generation #genre