#men

One of these days the people of Louisiana are going to get good government - and they aren't going to like it. ↗

— Huey Long

#get #going #good #good government #government

But there were women in the world, and from them each of our heroes had taken to himself a wife. The good ladies were no strangers to the prowess of their husbands. and, strange as it may seem, they presumed a little upon it. ↗

— Augustus Baldwin Longstreet

#good #had #heroes #himself #husbands

I find it a turnoff whenever men aren't into some kind of sport. And, no, video games don't count. I dated a guy who was into video games, and I wanted to shoot myself. ↗

— Eva Longoria

#dated #find #games #guy #i

The present moment is the substance with which the future is made. Therefore, the best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment. What else can you do? ↗

— Thich Nhat Hanh

#inspiration #present-moment #art

Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise. ↗

— Adolf Loos

#architect #arouses #make #man #more

We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible. ↗

— Wangari Maathai

#destroying #environment #fond #governments #including

I've been traveling all over the world for 25 years, performing, talking to people, studying their cultures and musical instruments, and I always come away with more questions in my head than can be answered. ↗

— Yo-Yo Ma

#answered #away #been #come #cultures

In Kenya women are the first victims of environmental degradation, because they are the ones who walk for hours looking for water, who fetch firewood, who provide food for their families. ↗

— Wangari Maathai

#degradation #environmental #families #fetch #firewood

When I first started, it was really an innocent response to the needs of women in rural areas. When we started planting trees to meet their needs, there was nothing beyond that. I did not see all the issues that I have to come to deal with. ↗

— Wangari Maathai

#beyond #come #deal #did #first

I lived in Paris when I was 20 and 21, and actually knew people that worked for the government there, that talked about terrorism in the country 20 years ago. ↗

— Andie MacDowell

#actually #ago #country #government #i