#mm

Modernity signifies the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, the half of art of which the other half is the eternal and the immutable. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#contingent #eternal #fugitive #half #immutable

Filibusters should require 35 senators to... make a commitment to continually debate an issue in reality, not just in theory. The number of votes needed to overcome a filibuster should be reduced to 55 from 60. ↗

— Evan Bayh

#continually #debate #filibuster #issue #just

I believe it is incumbent upon Congress to act aggressively to ameliorate fear and help our country take the essential steps that will make our communities and lives safer. ↗

— Paul Gillmor

#aggressively #believe #communities #congress #country

As a member of the House Committee on Small Business and because of my own experience as a small business owner, I am appreciative of the impact these small businesses have on our local economies. ↗

— Melissa Bean

#appreciative #because #business #business owner #businesses

In fact, 80 percent of our domestic job growth comes from the small- and medium-sized business community. ↗

— Melissa Bean

#business community #comes #community #domestic #fact

We're told another large-scale terrorist attack is inevitable by those people who have committed so many resources to preventing it. They likely know what they're talking about. ↗

— Greg Bear

#another #attack #committed #inevitable #know

I always tell people, I'm a better swimmer because I'm a mom and a better mom because I'm swimmer. ↗

— Amanda Beard

#because #better #i #i always #mom

And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb. ↗

— James Beattie

#beauty #immortal #tomb

The body is an actor's tool, like the face, malleable. I never thought that being naked was immoral or outrageous. ↗

— Emmanuelle Beart

#being #body #face #i #immoral

The current system punishes communities which make the investment in creating landfills, only to have them filled by states which refuse to adequately address their waste issues. ↗

— Paul Gillmor

#adequately #communities #creating #current #filled