#han

No one knew what Rodney King had done beforehand to be stopped. No one realized that he was a parolee and that he was violating his parole. No one knew any of those things. All they saw was this grainy film and police officers hitting him over the head. ↗

— Daryl Gates

#beforehand #done #film #had #head

What people forget is that the most radical thing about Obama is that he was the first black man in history to imagine that he could become president, who was able to make other Americans believe it as well. Other than that, he is a centrist, just like I try to be. He's been bridging divisions his whole life. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#about #become #been #believe #black

We are bound to lose Ireland in consequence of years of cruelty, stupidity and misgovernment and I would rather lose her as a friend than as a foe. ↗

— William E. Gladstone

#consequence #cruelty #foe #friend #her

Well, that's the old story I heard about the Jackie Chan films. That, like, Jackie Chan will just keep going and when crew members drop he just replaces them. I don't know if that's true but after having worked in Japan I believe it might be true. ↗

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

#after #be true #believe #chan #crew

Worse than not realizing the dreams of your youth, would be to have been young and never dreamed at all. ↗

— Jean Genet

#dreamed #dreams #never #realizing #than

I would rather have a cup of tea than sex. ↗

— Boy George

#i #rather #sex #tea #than

There is no degree of human suffering which in and of itself is going to bring about change. Only organisation can change things. ↗

— Susan George

#bring #change #change things #degree #going

What I worry about is climate change, because that would have untold effects that we can't even measure yet. ↗