#mon

The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force. ↗

— George Bancroft

#brute force #civilization #common #common mind #degree

The beats are like scripts, and the raps are my monologue. ↗

— Azealia Banks

#like #monologue #scripts

Since the beginning, Native Peoples lived a life of being in harmony with all that surrounds us. ↗

— Dennis Banks

#being #harmony #life #lived #native

In all honesty, at that time, I never saw myself as an author... I was just a Mom in a state of panic, trying to enter a short story contest to win the prize money in order to keep the lights on in my home. ↗

— Leslie Banks

#contest #enter #home #honesty #i

In addressing you I feel that I am not so much speaking to the representatives of diverse States of Europe and America as to the exponents of principles and hopes that are common to us all, and without which our life on earth would be a life without horizon or prospect. ↗

— Henry Campbell-Bannerman

#am #america #common #diverse #earth

I never left France for Hollywood nor stashed my money in Switzerland. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#hollywood #i #left #money #never

The very gradual reductions in my weight which I am able to show, may be interesting to many, and I have great pleasure in stating them, believing that they serve to demonstrate further the merit of the system pursued. ↗

— William Banting

#am #believing #demonstrate #further #gradual

Money never prevented anyone from being happy or unhappy. ↗

— Eddie Barclay

#being #being happy #happy #money #never

Business and the state have a common interest; not an adversarial interest. ↗

— Roy Barnes

#business #common #interest #state

Among Muslims, I think there are some who are very good and some hoodlums, like everywhere. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#everywhere #good #i #i think #like