#gains

It had an enormous impact to the point of the United Nations passing a resolution against the killing and hunting of these whales as they are an endangered species. This was a documentary on the plight of the whales. ↗

— Wavy Gravy

#documentary #endangered #endangered species #enormous #had

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm. ↗

— Graham Greene

#always #bell #calls #dumb #guard

Against the beautiful and the clever and the successful, one can wage a pitiless war, but not against the unattractive: then the millstone weighs on the breast. ↗

— Graham Greene

#beautiful #clever #pitiless #successful #then

I always wanted to go against hat grain because it was too restricting. ↗

— Donna Mills

#always #because #go #grain #hat

Even crushed against his brother in the Tube the average Englishman pretends desperately that he is alone. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#alone #average #brother #crushed #desperately

The bourgeoisie and the petty bourgeoisie have armed themselves against the rising proletariat with, among other things, 'culture.' ↗

— George Grosz

#among #armed #bourgeoisie #culture #other

I cannot be silent when facing these evils against women and children. ↗

— Chen Guangcheng

#cannot #children #evils #facing #i

My parents were extreme left so everything was against the system. I was walking barefoot in the streets of Paris when I was eight. When I started to DJ they hated it, because for them, nightclubs, and all of this life, was terrible and fake. ↗

— David Guetta

#barefoot #because #dj #eight #everything

Defy your own group. Rebel against yourself. ↗

— Cathy Guisewite

#against #defy #group #own #rebel

As I get older, I'm slowing down and, yes, calming down in my desire to be taken seriously. That I can be entertaining and funny and high nervous energy can work against me as a serious composer, slowly but surely you'll see me be quieter just so that people will listen. ↗

— Marvin Hamlisch

#calming #composer #desire #down #energy