#lit

Still I was concerned that politics would get between us and our POWs. ↗

— Bo Gritz

#concerned #get #i #our #politics

There arose a belief in style - and in banality. Banality encompassed politics, too, because it was a common belief that politics were not worthy of art. ↗

— Douglas Sirk

#art #banality #because #belief #common

In 1916 I was discharged from military service, or rather, given a sort of leave of absence on the understanding that I might be recalled within a few months. And so I was a free man, at least for a while. ↗

— George Grosz

#discharged #few #free #free man #given

Our country will not stand for any political plan that includes amnesty for insurgents. ↗

— Ike Skelton

#any #country #includes #insurgents #our

That's what I've been always saying, that I was always using the mixed doubles especially to improve my net game and being able to return a guy's serve, 'cause then when you play someone like Serena, you are little bit more prepared for that. ↗

— Daniela Hantuchova

#always #been #being #bit #cause

Without justice you won't have stability. ↗

— Saad Hariri

#stability #without #won #you

After I play every character, I always walk away and feel a little different. I've experienced something that's not my life, but I've made it my life. ↗

— Brittany Snow

#always #away #character #different #every

In reality, American girls are among the most outspoken, ambitious, successful girls in the history of the human race. ↗

— Christina Hoff Sommers

#american #among #history #human #human race

It is no exaggeration to say that the English Bible is, next to Shakespeare, the greatest work in English literature, and that it will have much more influence than even Shakespeare upon the written and spoken language of the English race. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

#english #english literature #even #exaggeration #greatest

I don't think movies or television have any basis in reality at all. It's all just pretend. That's what's fun about it. ↗

— James Spader

#any #basis #fun #i #just