#lit

The horrors of the Second World War, the chilling winds of the Cold War and the crushing weight of the Iron Curtain are little more than fading memories. Ideals that once commanded great loyalty are now taken for granted. ↗

— Jan Peter Balkenende

#cold #cold war #commanded #crushing #curtain

It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always. ↗

— M. Russell Ballard

#convenient #correct #easy #may #politically

We have come to the edge of the abyss and now it is time for a bold step forward. There is a political view that the tougher you are, the more credible you are. ↗

— Ed Balls

#bold #come #credible #edge #forward

Thus it is necessary to commence from an inescapable duality: the finite is not the infinite. ↗

— Hans Urs von Balthasar

#duality #finite #inescapable #infinite #necessary

If you see something is going wrong within politics and the world today, then some Hip Hop artist is gonna come along and get straight with it. If they think that there's a lot of racism going on then there's another Hip Hop artist who's gonna come out and speak their mind. ↗

— Afrika Bambaataa

#another #artist #come #get #going

Cinema has opened a world of possibilities up for me. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#me #opened #possibilities #up #world

There are countless studies on the negative spillover of job pressures on family life, but few on how job satisfaction enhances the quality of family life. ↗

— Albert Bandura

#enhances #family #family life #few #how

All studio movies are the middle of the Bell curve. The only way to do something is to do it yourself. And the only way to do that is to not take any money from anyone or take as little money as possible from anyone and that's it. ↗

— Thomas Lennon

#anyone #bell #curve #little #little money

The thing is that, they all had real strong personalities and real distinct identities, and I don't find most of the groups that are coming out now really do. ↗

— Lester Bangs

#distinct #find #groups #had #i

Your ability to see beauty and possibility is proportionate to the level at which you embrace gratitude. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#embrace #gratitude #happiness #life #possibility