#gr

I would rather be known as 'Jim Kolbe, the trade expert in Congress who happens to be gay,' rather than 'Jim Kolbe, gay congressman from Arizona.' ↗

— Jim Kolbe

#congress #congressman #expert #gay #happens

There'll always be working people in my poems because I grew up with them, and I am a poet of memory. ↗

— Philip Levine

#always #am #because #grew #i

We grew to know the meaning of love. That is what allowed me and my family to stay close together. ↗

— Martin Lawrence

#close #family #grew #know #love

A personal offense is like a scratch on a phonograph record. I couldn't move my thoughts beyond my pain. It kept repeating, as if I were stuck within its grooves. There was only one way to play beyond it. I had to forgive them, so my heart could take its form again. ↗

— Laurel Lee

#beyond #could #forgive #form #grooves

There's a great danger in making this seem more important than it is, this whole Free Cinema thing. ↗

— Karel Reisz

#danger #free #great #important #making

When I crossed Asia with my friend Peter Fleming, we spoke to no one but each other during many months, and we covered exactly the same ground. Nevertheless my journey differed completely from his. ↗

— Ella Maillart

#completely #covered #crossed #differed #during

We are all born brave, trusting and greedy, and most of us remain greedy. ↗

— Mignon McLaughlin

#brave #greedy #most #remain #trusting

The work completed during the special session was just the beginning. During those six days we lit a spark that will positively impact the lives of our children and grandchildren, but the full fire is yet to come. ↗

— Joe Manchin III

#children #come #completed #days #during

It's practically impossible to look at a penguin and feel angry. ↗

— Joe Moore

#feel #impossible #look #penguin #practically

A philosopher once said, 'Half of good philosophy is good grammar.' ↗

— A. P. Martinich

#grammar #half #once #philosopher #philosophy