#lt

Royalty is either going to do very well with cloning, or it's going to disappear completely. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#completely #disappear #either #going #royalty

War is the ultimate tool of politics. ↗

— R. Buckminster Fuller

#tool #ultimate #war

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools. ↗

— Herbert Spencer

#fill #folly #fools #men #result

I have never believed in the Wizard of Oz theory of consulting, that I am all-knowing and all-seeing, and that everyone around me is kind of a backbencher. ↗

— David Axelrod

#around #believed #consulting #everyone #i

We all think when we’re young that we want excitement and highs and passion. To hell with ordinary.” I smiled and she chuckled. “But when we find ourselves in these adult bodies,” she said. “When we wise up a little, or get slapped in the face by life, we realize we just want all things to be equal.” She put the heels of her hands together near her heart like the Yoga prayer position. “And we want to understand them better. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

#glass-girl #grief #laura-anderson-kurk #meg-kavanagh #relationships

I have been following a vegan diet now since the 1980s, and find it not only healthier, but also much more attractive than the chunks of meat that were on my plate as a child. ↗

— Neal Barnard

#attractive #been #child #chunks #diet

I figure if I have my health, can pay the rent and I have my friends, I call it 'content.' ↗

— Lauren Bacall

#content #figure #friends #health #i

I finally felt that I came into my own when I went on the stage. ↗

— Lauren Bacall

#felt #finally #i #i came #into

Many women have told me they remember where they were when they read the book, and how they felt suddenly that what they really thought or felt about things made sense. ↗

— Carol Gilligan

#book #felt #how #made #many

I felt alienated at school, and I never did well with girls. ↗

— Burt Bacharach

#did #felt #i #never #school