#nat

In times when religious or political faith or hope predominates, the writer functions totally in unison with society, and expresses society's feelings, beliefs, and hopes in perfect harmony. ↗

— Juan Goytisolo

#expresses #faith #feelings #functions #harmony

But I see no reason why a woman should not grow and develop in all those outlets which are suited to her nature, it matters not at all what they may be. ↗

— Agnes Smedley

#grow #her #i #i see #matters

Obviously I am not bothered about men's fashion - is anyone, apart from Jonathan Ross? ↗

— Arthur Smith

#am #anyone #apart #bothered #fashion

More than ever, we as parents and a nation must do something about the growth of obesity in our children. We must do more than just talk, we must be concerned enough to act. ↗

— Lee Haney

#act #children #concerned #enough #ever

Silver, gold - I don't discriminate! I like sparkly things. ↗

— Charlaine Harris

#gold #i #like #silver #things

There is nothing left now for us but to get ever deeper and deeper into debt to the banking system in order to provide the increasing amounts of money the nation requires for its expansion and growth. ↗

— Frederick Soddy

#banking system #debt #deeper #ever #expansion

Grossing Out dealt with the western nations selling arms to the Third World and exploiting these countries. ↗

— Terry Southern

#countries #dealt #exploiting #nations #out

Dreaming is an act of pure imagination, attesting in all men a creative power, which if it were available in waking, would make every man a Dante or Shakespeare. ↗

— Frederick Henry Hedge

#available #creative #dante #dreaming #every

The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it is suspended between its position in the eternal world, with all its corruption and evils and cruelties, and the splendid world of our imagination. ↗

— Richard Hofstadter

#between #character #corruption #delicate #eternal

The Holocaust also shows us how a combination of events and attitudes can erode a society's democratic values. ↗

— Tim Holden

#attitudes #combination #democratic #erode #events