#ge

The popular image [in England] of Bonaparte as a blood-stained tyrant and bandit was admittedly exaggerated, but instinct told even the most radical among the English that if liberty, equality, and justice were ever to come to their shores, it certainly was not Napoleon who would bring them there. ↗

— J. Christopher Herold

#liberty #napoleon #age

It's important not to lose sight of the fact people of all sorts are still putting themselves at risk. It happens to straight and gay, single and married. I have never been comfortable thinking of AIDS as something that 'other people' get. ↗

— Brande Roderick

#been #comfortable #fact #gay #get

That's why I wanted to be part of this AIDS Project Los Angeles party. We help raise funds for those who are having a tough time with some very basic necessities, like shelter, food, and medical care. ↗

— Brande Roderick

#angeles #basic #care #food #funds

I suppose at heart it was the haircut that did it; that exploded the ordinary order of things and showed me the possibilities that had been there all along, hidden among the patterns in the wallpaper. In a different age, we used to take acid for more or less the same reason. ↗

— Michael Cunningham

#change #drugs #glbtq #haircut #identity

When infants aren't held, they can become sick, even die. It's universally accepted that children need love, but at what age are people supposed to stop needing it? We never do. We need love in order to live happily, as much as we need oxygen in order to live at all. ↗

— Marianne Williamson

#age

George paid for college by working for Cutco. Cutco is a company that makes and sells knives. Their salespeople go door-to-door. George Pinkman talked his way into peoples' homes with a big bag of knives and sold them potential murder weapons. Do I have to add that he was their top salesman three years running? I do not. ↗

— MaryJanice Davidson

#george #knives #home

This is how I define grace: you're on the main stage, and it looks like it has been rehearsed 100 times, everything goes so smoothly. That's where I get my confidence and success, from knowing that I have an edge because I know I'm prepared. ↗

— Alex Rodriguez

#been #confidence #define #edge #everything

All things just keep getting better. ↗

— Jai Rodriguez

#better #getting #getting better #just #keep

She was in control of her life, even though it seemed she wasn’t. All she had to do was take the steering wheel and start driving. ↗

— Missy Lyons

#happiness #inspirational-quotes #life-changing #change

In his own mind, it was never a matter of courage. But courage it was. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#chomp #courage #courage