#marti

It becomes more and more difficult to avoid the idea of black men as subjects of not just racial profiling but of an insidious form of racial obliteration sanctioned by silence. ↗

— Aberjhani

#demographics-of-united-states #humanity #post-racial-america #race-and-racism-in-america #race-relations

Did you teach him wisdom as well as valor, Ned! She wondered. Did you teach him how to Kneel! The grave yards of the Seven Kinfdoms are full of brave men who had never learned that lesson. Cat. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#catelyn-stark #george-r-r-martin #robb-stark #winter-is-coming #winterfell

One day the absurdity of the almost universal human belief in the slavery of other animals will be palpable. We shall then have discovered our souls and become worthier of sharing this planet with them. ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#martin-luther-king-jr #slavery

And what lesson can we draw from Volantene history? If you want to conquer the world, you best have dragons. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#george-r-r-martin #humour #sci-fi #tyrion-lannister #sci-fi

In Japan, a number of time-honored everyday activities (such as making tea, arranging flowers, and writing) have traditionally been deeply examined by their proponents. Students study how to make tea, perform martial arts, or write with a brush in the most skillful way possible to express themselves with maximum efficiency and minimum strain. Through this efficient, adroit, and creative performance, they arrive at art. But if they continue to delve even more deeply into their art, they discover principles that are truly universal, principles relating to life itself. Then, the art of brush writing becomes shodo—the “Way of the brush”—while the art of arranging flowers is elevated to the status of kado—the “Way of flowers.” Through these Ways or Do forms, the Japanese have sought to realize the Way of living itself. They have approached the universal through the particular. ↗

— H.E. Davey

#budo #do #efficiency #flowers #ikebana

Every book is a great action and every great action is a book! ↗

— Martin Luther

#martin-luther #theology #theology

Why don't you get out of that wet coat and into a dry martini? ↗

— Robert Benchley

#coat #dry #get #into #martini

You know, this whole thing about Ricky Martin, and how successful that young man is. He's 27, I was 29. ↗

— Robert Conrad

#how #i #know #man #martin

I would like to wish the England squad every success. I would also very much like to extend those wishes to Martin Johnson, Brian Smith, Mike Ford, John Wells, Graham Rowntree and the rest of the England 2011 World Cup management team who have been fantastic and deserve people to know that. ↗

— Jonny Wilkinson

#been #brian #cup #deserve #england

He was white and shaken, like a dry martini. ↗

— P. G. Wodehouse

#like #martini #shaken #white