#nit

I am very much afraid of definitions, and yet one is almost forced to make them. One must take care, too, not to be inhibited by them. ↗

— Robert Delaunay

#almost #am #care #definitions #forced

Our task, of course, is to transmute the anger that is affliction into the anger that is determination to bring about change. I think, in fact, that one could give that as a definition of revolution. ↗

— Barbara Deming

#affliction #anger #bring #change #could

Opportunities are often things you haven't noticed the first time around. ↗

— Catherine Deneuve

#first #first time #haven #noticed #often

The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#except #function #genitals #muscle #pull

We live in a time of conflict - external and internal - when we sometimes concentrate too much on what divides us. Today, fly the Stars and Stripes with pride and confidence that what unites is far stronger. ↗

— Charlie Dent

#confidence #conflict #divides #external #far

The world is infinitely more complex than it appeared to me 15 years ago. ↗

— Andrew Denton

#appeared #complex #infinitely #me #more

I do this profession. I'm an actor. And it is, for me, an opportunity to meet people. ↗

— Gerard Depardieu

#i #i do #me #meet #opportunity

There are risks which are not acceptable: the destruction of humanity is one of them. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#destruction #humanity #risks #them #which

Because I was successful over the years, I never had the opportunity to do the stuff I really wanted. ↗

— Rick Derringer

#had #i #never #opportunity #over

We don't have an Official Secrets Act in the United States, as other countries do. Under the First Amendment, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of association are more important than protecting secrets. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#amendment #association #countries #first #first amendment