#mini

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser. ↗

— Marianne Moore

#appraise #blunder #cannot #chiefly #even

This unusual and highly successful species spends a great deal of time examining his higher motives and an equal amount of time ignoring his fundamental ones. ↗

— Desmond Morris

#deal #equal #examining #fundamental #great

The fact is that racism, despite all the doomsayers, has diminished. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#diminished #fact #racism

Funding privatized accounts with Social Security dollars would not only make the program's long term problems worse, but many believe it represents a first step toward undermining the program's fundamental goals. ↗

— Patty Murray

#believe #dollars #first #first step #fundamental

There's a lot of peer pressure to not do positive stories out of Iraq... I think there's a sense that the administration got a pass during the hot days of war and now that the war is over it's time to even out the deck somewhat. ↗

— Jerry Nachman

#days #deck #during #even #got

The alternative minimum tax was designed to prevent the very wealthiest Americans from overusing certain tax benefits to avoid most of their tax burden. ↗

— Richard Neal

#avoid #benefits #burden #certain #designed

To reminisce with my old friends, a chance to share some memories, and play our songs again. ↗

— Ricky Nelson

#chance #friends #memories #old #old friends

I want a minister to be in charge of a line department so they have clear political accountability. ↗

— Campbell Newman

#charge #clear #department #i #line

In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing. ↗

— John Henry Newman

#be strong #dominion #genius #hero #love

Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man. ↗

— Louis Nizer

#comfort #known #man #oldest #skillfully