#figures

Sometimes it seemed to me I could not look at those silent little figures; that I must go north, to the grim coal fields, to the Rocky Mountain camps, where the labor fight is at least fought by grown men. ↗

— Mary Harris Jones

#coal #could #fields #fight #figures

And the invention of transformations of certain figures has become the most important in musical composition. ↗

— Karlheinz Stockhausen

#certain #composition #figures #important #invention

Some people have compared the Klan images to ecclesiastical figures. ↗

— Andres Serrano

#ecclesiastical #figures #images #klan #people

We really got a lot of very conservative gay people. You could look at the figures from the last election and realize that a third of the gay movement voted Republican. ↗

— Kate Clinton

#could #election #figures #gay #gay movement

Plastic surgery and breast implants are fine for people who want that, if it makes them feel better about who they are. But, it makes these people, actors especially, fantasy figures for a fantasy world. Acting is about being real being honest. ↗

— Kate Winslet

#acting #being #being honest #being real #better

I will no longer let the fear of vicious comments or replies stop me from speaking what I believe to be right. I will also never give a message that everybody will agree with. I know that even my most faithful followers will never agree 100% with what I say. I also know that they know that and are fine with it. I am done letting the bullies win. They won’t anymore. Not here. ↗

— Dan Pearce

#blogs #bullies #bully #followers #negative

Dumbledore had not raised his voice, he did not even sound angry, but Harry would have preferred him to yell; this cold disappointment was worse than anything. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#father

Irony is Fate's most common figure of speech. ↗

— Trevanian

#figures-of-speech #irony #speech

Varese, Apollinaire, Ezra Pound, Leger, Gleizes, Severini, Villon, Duchamp, Duchamp-Villon, Marie Laurencin, Cocteau and many others were to me household names in the literal sense - names of familiar figures around the house. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

#duchamp #familiar #figures #house #household

People are so afraid of authority figures and doctors are authority figures. ↗

— Martha Beck

#afraid #authority #authority figures #doctors #figures