#la

The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is the politics of revolution... none other. ↗

— H. Rap Brown

#country #none #only #other #people

Nearly every glamorous, wealthy, successful career woman you might envy now started out as some kind of schlep. ↗

— Helen Gurley Brown

#envy #every #glamorous #kind #might

I'm kidding about having only a few dollars. I might have a few dollars more. ↗

— James Brown

#about #dollars #few #having #i

America is a land where men govern, but women rule. ↗

— John Mason Brown

#america #govern #land #men #rule

When a man sees something desirable, he must reflect on the fact that with time it could come to involve what is detestable. When he sees something that is beneficial, he should reflect that sooner or later it, too, could come to involve harm. ↗

— Xun Zi

#come #could #desirable #detestable #fact

I'm not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can't play my stuff. It's too complicated. ↗

— James Brown

#going #i #joining #know #play

Multinational corporations do control. They control the politicians. They control the media. They control the pattern of consumption, entertainment, thinking. They're destroying the planet and laying the foundation for violent outbursts and racial division. ↗

— Jerry Brown

#control #corporations #destroying #division #entertainment

The reason that everybody likes planning is that nobody has to do anything. ↗

— Jerry Brown

#everybody #likes #nobody #planning #reason

I like movies where you can come back and re-watch them and admire the cinematography 25 years later. ↗

— Rob Zombie

#back #cinematography #come #i #later

How prophetic L'Enfant was when he laid out Washington as a city that goes around in circles! ↗

— John Mason Brown

#circles #city #goes #how #laid