#isa

Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that there are ways to resist. ↗

— Bashar al-Assad

#capital #clear #consider #did #disaster

The two parties are still more polarized than ever before and the rise of partisan media is an important reason for it. ↗

— John Avlon

#ever #important #media #more #parties

What might be good for ratings can be bad for the country. The hard-core partisans are self-segregating themselves into separate political realities. But the majority of Americans are starting to wake up to the game. ↗

— John Avlon

#country #game #good #into #majority

Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable. ↗

— Aneurin Bevan

#consequently #disagreeable #duty #made #reading

Swallows have disappeared, bees are dying out because of pesticides that should have been banned long ago - it's a scandal. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#banned #because #been #bees #disappeared

There are many advantages in their being accustomed to the use of arms, and no possible disadvantage. ↗

— Joel Barlow

#advantages #arms #being #disadvantage #many

The murder of my husband by the railways has altered the way I think about everything. I had always thought that the majority of people were decent and honourable. In the wake of the crash, what made me angry more than anything else was the realisation that this was not true. I still find it very hard to come to terms with. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#altered #always #angry #anything #come

Students rarely disappoint teachers who assure them in advance that they are doomed to failure. ↗

— Sidney Hook

#advance #assure #disappoint #doomed #failure

The candle burns not for us, but for all those whom we failed to rescue from prison, who were shot on the way to prison, who were tortured, who were kidnapped, who "disappeared". That's what the candle is for. ↗

— Peter Benenson

#candle #disappeared #failed #kidnapped #prison

There are so few women in general who aren't completely threatened and confused by other women's success. It's very disappointing. ↗

— Sandra Bernhard

#confused #disappointing #few #few women #general