#om

Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout "Bang!" ↗

— George Will

#boy #duck #give #guns #like

I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and the sole control of those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal. ↗

— Roger Nash Baldwin

#am #class #communism #control #disarmament

This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us; to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves; to act in such a way that some part of us lives on. ↗

— Oswald Spengler

#been #bestowed #life #live #lives

All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian. ↗

— Tammy Baldwin

#even #i #lesbian #life #me

I look for an interesting and often times, fresh character. Something different that what is done all the time or than I've done recently. I look at who is directing. Those two variables as well as a third, which is the content and the quality of the screenplay. I look at the arcs of the scenes and characters and relationships. ↗

— William Baldwin

#character #characters #content #different #directing

In politics, a lie unanswered becomes truth within 24 hours. ↗

— Willie Brown

#hours #lie #politics #truth #unanswered

There are not the same factual shows anymore - children's TV has become much more trivial. ↗

— Johnny Ball

#become #children #factual #more #much

In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom. ↗

— J. G. Ballard

#freedom #madness #only #sane #world

I fell in love with many women at school who had no idea I existed. I'm a bit of a romantic. ↗