#figures

My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#authority #authority figures #children #figures #only

When political figures are shown on television or in movies, it's always the liberal Democrats that are shown to be humane, caring people. ↗

— Pat Boone

#caring #democrats #figures #humane #liberal

Thine eyes are springs in whose serene And silent waters heaven is seen. Their lashes are the herbs that look On their young figures in the brook. ↗

— William C. Bryant

#eyes #figures #heaven #herbs #lashes

You don't have to know people personally for them to be role models. Some of my most important role models were historical or literary figures that I only read about - never actually met. ↗

— John Wilson

#actually #figures #historical #i #important

Pleasure resorts are like film stars and royalty... embarrassed by the figures they cut in the fantasies of people who have never met them. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#embarrassed #fantasies #figures #film #film stars

With Jack Abramoff under indictment, a number of readers have suggested that now he might flip and try to offer the feds some figures higher up the food-chain. ↗

— Joshua Micah Marshall

#feds #figures #flip #higher #indictment

You see, 30 years ago I didn't have near the audience I have now. My tapes on the cults have reached a circulation of 15 million. those are not my figures but the figures of the people who distribute them. ↗

— Walter Martin

#audience #circulation #cults #distribute #figures

If interstellar travel is as time- or energy- demanding as the above figures indicate, it is far from obvious what the motive for colonization might be. ↗

— Barney Oliver

#colonization #demanding #far #figures #indicate

Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one day, in spite of all, real deliverance will come. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#come #day #deliverance #figures #illusory

I've had lots of replies, we're into the double figures now. And the overall standard is very good. In fact I've been feeling a little guilty, because I haven't replied to anyone yet - it is something I will be doing. ↗

— Peter Banks

#because #been #doing #double #fact