#ice

Dr. Rice went well beyond offering a helping hand - she went so far as to shed tears and share hugs with those who, in a matter of just a few hours, had lost everything to the rising floodwaters. ↗

— Jo Bonner

#dr #everything #far #few #had

What if the differences between social strata stem not from genomics or inherent xcellence or even dollars, but merely differences in knowledge? Would this not mean the whole Pyramid is built on shifting sands?" I speculated such a suggestion could be seen as a serious deviancy. Melphi seemed delited. "Try this for deviancy: fabricants are mirrors held up to purebloods' consciences; what purebloods see reflected there sickens them. So they blame you for holding up the mirror." I hid my shock by asking when purebloods might blame themselves. Melphi relplied, "History suggests, not until they are made to. ↗

— David Mitchell

#equality #hatred #justice #perception #racism

With gas prices nationally, and especially in our area, increasingly on the rise, it is more crucial then ever that we take steps to diversify our energy sources and reduce our dependency on foreign oil. ↗

— Mary Bono

#crucial #dependency #diversify #energy #energy sources

A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services. ↗

— Daniel J. Boorstin

#his #more #name #often #services

There is nothing quite so depressing as waking up to face a day when you know that you are going to have to deal with a government office or bureaucrat. ↗

— Neal Boortz

#day #deal #depressing #face #going

My door was open part of the time, and part of the time I tried to get a nap and their voices annoyed me, and I closed it. I kept it open in summer more or less, and closed in winter. ↗

— Lizzie Andrew Borden

#closed #door #get #i #i tried

I wanted to win, even in practice. ↗

— Bjorn Borg

#i #practice #wanted #win

I've been to a number of places and seen for myself the caliber of people who are in the Navy today - in all the services for that matter. This is an altogether different bunch. These people of today are really bright, young, good people. ↗

— Ernest Borgnine

#been #bright #bunch #caliber #different

Without food, man can live at most but a few weeks; without it, all other components of social justice are meaningless. ↗

— Norman Borlaug

#few #food #justice #live #man

During the past three years spectacular progress has been made in increasing wheat, rice, and maize production in several of the most populous developing countries of southern Asia, where widespread famine appeared inevitable only five years ago. ↗

— Norman Borlaug

#appeared #asia #been #countries #developing