#ore

Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

#generation #grandfathers #had #more #our

Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

#close #enter #first #group #must

We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

#enemy #had #harriet #just #more

Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

#bored #could #die #find #had

In a democracy, supposedly we hold power by what we do at the ballot box, so therefore the more we know about political power the better our choices should be and the better, in theory, our democracy should be. ↗

— Robert Caro

#ballot #ballot box #better #box #choices

I sometimes feel that if your book sells more than 20 years, then there's something in it that you can say, gee, I did something that endures, that's timeless. ↗

— Robert Caro

#did #endures #feel #gee #i

I think President Obama has done more than he is given credit for. ↗

— Robert Caro

#done #given #i #i think #more

Let it be henceforth proclaimed to the world that man's conscience was created free; that he is no longer accountable to his fellow man for his religious opinions, being responsible therefore only to his God. ↗

— John Tyler

#being #being responsible #conscience #created #fellow

Now, for this book I had to learn the world of the Senate, which is really for all that's written about the Senate, an unknowing world and its mores, and the way things work with subcommittees and all. I loved learning about that. ↗

— Robert Caro

#book #had #i #learn #learning

No matter what you do, your person comes through. You can't completely change yourself on the screen. I had in mind someone colder and more in control, but I couldn't do it. This human note just crept in and maybe it's better. ↗

— Leslie Caron

#change #colder #comes #completely #control