#led

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#existence #free #his #laws #man

A quick example of that is a woman who said she'd been healed of throat cancer where the faith healer admitted he touched her on the forehead. ↗

— James Randi

#been #cancer #example #faith #forehead

Thousands of people may have been killed by hurricane Katrina and many more could die in its aftermath because of the President's refusal to heed the calls of governors for help in repairing the infrastructure in their states. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#because #been #calls #could #die

There can be no compromise with war; it cannot be reformed or controlled; cannot be disciplined into decency or codified into common sense. ↗

— Jeanette Rankin

#common #common sense #compromise #controlled #decency

Like any family, like any group - the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, EPMD, Public Enemy - they've had bumps in the road. I just think that because A Tribe Called Quest is so precious to fans, they were concerned about unveiling some of those things. ↗

— Michael Rapaport

#about #any #beatles #because #bumps

Listen, I'm 41 years old. I've got two kids. I've got a career. The last thing I need to be doing is having a beef with A Tribe Called Quest. It's silly and it was unnecessary. It ain't the first time that a director hasn't seen eye to eye with a subject and it ain't going to be the last time. ↗

— Michael Rapaport

#beef #called #career #director #doing

The effect hip-hop had on me was enormous. I was exposed to it by happenstance. My father worked at a radio station in New York called WKTU Disco 92. It was the first radio station in New York City to play disco in the late '70s. ↗

— Michael Rapaport

#city #disco #effect #enormous #exposed

The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called 'truth'. ↗

— Dan Rather

#begins #believes #called #dream #leads

American education has been littered with failed fads and foolish ideas for the past century. ↗

— Diane Ravitch

#been #century #education #fads #failed

It is not classified as a pagan religion. The so-called New Age activities and this are not called religions and therefore don't come under the prohibition of mingling church and state that we have in this country. ↗

— Dixie Lee Ray

#age #called #church #classified #come