#is

Irish Americans are no more Irish than Black Americans are Africans. ↗

— Bob Geldof

#black americans #irish #more #than

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery. ↗

— Dante Alighieri

#greater #happiness #misery #recall #sorrow

Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild. ↗

— Dante Alighieri

#art #as far as #far #follows #god

Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother off against his father in the politics of when to go to bed; he who fears corruption fears life. ↗

— Saul Alinsky

#bed #child #corrupting #corruption #father

Last guys don't finish nice. ↗

— Saul Alinsky

#guys #last #nice

I've never listened to an album once I've finished it. All I hear is what I should've done different. I beat myself up over it. ↗

— Gary Allan

#beat #different #done #finished #hear

So many details came into focus. The shape of his lips, the line of his neck. “I’m not dangerous,” I breathed. He brought his face toward mine. “You are to me.” And somehow, against all reason, we were kissing. I closed my eyes, and the world around me faded. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#bloodlines #cute #dangerous #kissing #love

I will be a historical painter. ↗

— William Allan

#i #painter #will

Even though some in our government may claim that civil liberties must be compromised in order to protect the public, we must be wary of what we are giving up in the name of fighting terrorism. ↗

— Lucille Roybal-Allard

#civil liberties #claim #compromised #even #fighting

Our theme for this year's festivities, Dreams and Challenges of Asian Pacific Americans, speaks to the many generations of Asian Pacific Americans who worked hard to overcome economic hardship, racism and other barriers in their pursuit of the American dream. ↗

— Lucille Roybal-Allard

#american dream #asian #barriers #challenges #dream