#era

A lot of us grow up and we grow out of the literal interpretation that we get when we're children, but we bear the scars all our life. Whether they're scars of beauty or scars of ugliness, it's pretty much in the eye of the beholder. ↗

— Stephen King

#beauty #beholder #children #eye #eye of the beholder

I think there ought to be some serious discussion by smart people, really smart people, about whether or not proliferation of things like The Smoking Gun and TMZ and YouTube and the whole celebrity culture is healthy. ↗

— Stephen King

#celebrity #celebrity culture #culture #discussion #gun

I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries. ↗

— Stephen King

#big #big mac #equivalent #fries #i

The "takings" clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals. ↗

— Michael Kinsley

#clause #conservatives #equal #equal protection #fifth

The logic is often far-fetched - how does medical marijuana affect interstate commerce? - and some conservatives would like judges to start throwing out federal laws wholesale on commerce clause grounds. The court once again said no thanks. ↗

— Michael Kinsley

#again #clause #commerce #conservatives #court

Americans in general have a lot of compassion, we just don't always have the same view of how that compassion is implemented. ↗

— Adam Kinzinger

#compassion #general #how #implemented #just

I don't believe that economic and cultural interaction automatically brings greater peace and understanding, although it may help in that regard. ↗

— William Kirby

#automatically #believe #brings #cultural #economic

And I have no doubt that the American people generally believe the world is safer, and that we are safer, when we are stronger. ↗

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

#american people #believe #doubt #generally #i

So, I think China desperately needs to legitimize some form of opposition. ↗