#our

There's something really wonderful about a party where you help yourself. Of course, first you get what you really want. But 'family style' service also really encourages people to connect with one another. ↗

— Ina Garten

#also #another #connect #course #encourages

But the courts have dismissed the lawsuits against me and Lee Brown. ↗

— David Dinkins

#brown #courts #dismissed #lawsuits #lee

But you see, our society is still trapped in this binary, black/white logic and that has had some very positive implications for our generation. It's had some very negative ones as well and one of the negative ones is that it creates enormous identity problems for people who have one black ancestor and all white ancestors for example. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#binary #black #creates #enormous #example

It's a staggering transition for high school students that found they could study five hours a week and make As and Bs. ↗

— John Gardner

#could #five #found #high #high school

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage. ↗

— John W. Gardner

#county #courage #diverse #eloquence #find

So when you do your family tree and Margaret Cho does hers, and... Wanda Sykes and John Legend... we're adding to the database that scholars can then draw from to generalize about the complexity of the American experience. And that's the contribution that family trees make to broader scholarship. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#adding #american #american experience #broader #complexity

Please do not ask me to talk about my divorce. Mr. Ziegfeld and I are such very good friends. It is only a little matter quite between ourselves. ↗

— Anna Held

#ask #between #divorce #friends #good

Through these ongoing activities and possibly in the future, a Canadian will go live and work on the International Space Station and we will continue to make Canadians proud of our achievements in space. ↗

— Marc Garneau

#activities #canadian #canadians #continue #future

Our dog died from licking our wedding picture. ↗

— Phyllis Diller

#died #dog #licking #our #picture

God and Nature first made us what we are, and then out of our own created genius we make ourselves what we want to be. Follow always that great law. Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement. ↗

— Marcus Garvey

#created #eternity #first #follow #genius