#of

The longing we have to communicate cleanly and directly with people is always obstructed by qualifications and often with concern about how our messages will be received. ↗

— John le Carre

#always #cleanly #communicate #concern #directly

My definition of a decent society is one that first of all takes care of its losers, and protects its weak. ↗

— John le Carre

#decent #definition #first #first of all #losers

I had been gullible, naive, soft, pliable. That's why I got taken advantage of. To survive, you have to have a tough skin. ↗

— Tia Carrere

#been #got #gullible #had #i

The greatest injustice in the world is to bring a child into the world, and not be able to offer it peace. ↗

— Nafisa Joseph

#bring #child #greatest #injustice #into

I considered Nat King Cole to be a friend and, in many ways, a mentor. He always had words of profound advice. ↗

— Diahann Carroll

#always #cole #considered #friend #had

Coffee on an airplane always smells bad. Whenever it is served, suddenly the whole cabin stinks of it. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

#always #bad #cabin #coffee #served

Old people are often impatient, but for what? ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

#often #old #old people #people

For days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow, but phone calls taper off. ↗

— Johnny Carson

#calls #continue #days #death #fingernails

The simplest and most basic meaning of the symbol of the Goddess is the acknowledgment of the legitimacy of female power as a beneficent and independent power. ↗

— Carol P. Christ

#basic #beneficent #female #goddess #independent

Aaron Copland was a man that had a very specific point of view about what music should be which was that, he felt that new music should have the composer should show a personality in his music. ↗

— Elliott Carter

#about #composer #copland #felt #had