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Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by the aim to please or inhibited by the risk of displeasure. ↗

— Kingman Brewster, Jr.

#displeasure #distorted #examination #havens #inhibited

Dangerous because your present Administration and its specialized agencies by all accounts know no restraint in hitting out at any perceived enemy of America, and nobody or nothing can protect one from their vindictiveness. ↗

— Breyten Breytenbach

#administration #agencies #america #any #because

Whatever else may divide us, Europe is our common home; a common fate has linked us through the centuries, and it continues to link us today. ↗

— Leonid I. Brezhnev

#common #continues #divide #else #europe

But I really love music, and having a creative outlet is really the best thing you can do for yourself. ↗

— Edie Brickell

#creative #creative outlet #having #i #love

Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence. ↗

— Buddha

#compounded #diligence #inherent #strive #things

We were too young to know better, and none of us were very aggressive people. It would have helped a lot if just one of us had been aggressive enough to say no. ↗

— Edie Brickell

#been #better #enough #had #helped

I got five kids, and my oldest is a documentary film maker and camera man, and still photographer. ↗

— Beau Bridges

#documentary #documentary film #film #five #got

Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear part in them that's still alive. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#alive #been #crushed #cynicism #cynics

Fortunately, human beings are remarkably diverse models to work from. ↗

— David Brin

#diverse #fortunately #human #human beings #models

I had a great '70s. I survived it, and that's always good news. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#good #good news #great #had #i