#nat

I want to be able to work on a project that will give people around the world the chance to represent their own people, their own culture, their own stories, rather than just Hollywood - really, you know, dominated Hollywood. And that's a dream of mine. ↗

— Steven Seagal

#around #chance #culture #dominated #dream

Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#expense #favor #mode #nature #speaking

People want to sensationalize things. That's just the nature of the business. ↗

— Seal

#just #nature #people #things #want

You don't have to be singing specifically about things that are going on in your life, but because of the nature of music, because it is this incredibly emotional phenomenon, everything that you are feeling or experiencing is relayed in the music you put out. ↗

— Seal

#because #emotional #everything #experiencing #feeling

Our tools are extensions of our purposes, and so we find it natural to make metaphorical attributions of intentionality to them; but I take it no philosophical ice is cut by such examples. ↗

— John Searle

#examples #extensions #find #i #ice

Being a part of the National Football League for so long, I've come across so many trainers and equipment managers who've allowed me to be who I am today. ↗

— Junior Seau

#allowed #am #being #come #equipment

The state of slavery is in its own nature bad. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#nature #own #slavery #state

And under Obamacare, insurance companies can no longer discriminate against women. Before, some wouldn't cover women's most basic needs, like contraception and maternity care, but would still charge us up to 50 percent more than men - for a worse plan. ↗

— Kathleen Sebelius

#basic #basic needs #before #care #charge

We have by far the most expensive health system in the world. We spend 50 percent more per person than the next most costly nation. Americans spend more on health care than housing or food. ↗

— Kathleen Sebelius

#costly #expensive #far #food #health

Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#begins #between #different #each #feel