#lit

…there is not a day of my life that I am not critiquing myself to see if my politics are borne out in the way that I live and the way that I talk and present myself. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#politics #life

The province was surrounded by powerful tribes of Indians who watched the white settlers with an eager hostility, and seized every occasion to molest them by secret inroad, and often by open assault. ↗

— John P. Kennedy

#eager #every #hostility #indians #molest

When you're around me, you're going to get glitter on you. ↗

— Kesha

#get #glitter #going #me #you

When I came into politics I always thought there was a possibility I would be killed. ↗

— Imran Khan

#came #i #i always #i came #into

Well, here's what I'll say: The storytellers of 'Lost' have taken us on a pretty great journey, and there have been questions along the way, and criticisms along the way, but if you look at the totality of the show, or the experience of it as a whole, I think as long as you look at it from that perspective you'll be happy. ↗

— Daniel Dae Kim

#be happy #been #criticisms #experience #great

To my mind, the best SF addresses itself to problems of the here and now, or even to problems which have never been solved and never will be solved - I'm thinking of Philip K. Dick's work here, dealing with questions of reality, for example. ↗

— John Sladek

#best #dealing #even #example #for example

Literature sucks you into another psyche. So the creation of empathy necessarily influences how you'll behave to other people. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#behave #creation #empathy #how #influences

The Chinese government since 1979 has been very successful in economic development, and successful enough, simply by surviving, in the realm of political development. ↗

— William Kirby

#chinese #chinese government #development #economic #economic development

I’m famous for my Shepherd’s Pie. Here’s my recipe: lamb, potatoes, cheese, peas, paprika, and a wool-covered apron for the chef/shepherd/wolf-like politician to wear while serving the sheeple up.
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— Jarod Kintz

#funny #humor #politicians #politics #recipe

Today, people are more into the glitz and the glamour of everything. We don't even read the inside of records anymore. ↗

— Lenny Kravitz

#even #everything #glamour #glitz #inside