#po

We love the ability of the people to influence the actions of decision-makers, of lawmakers and presidents to be removed from or elevated to office by the will of voters, and of the community to connect amongst diverse populations through the ballot box. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#actions #amongst #ballot #ballot box #box

War is the slaughter of human beings, temporarily regarded as enemies, on as large a scale as possible. ↗

— Jeanette Rankin

#human #human beings #large #possible #regarded

Always my fallback is - I'm gonna move to a poor town and open a scone shop. ↗

— Andrew Rannells

#gonna #i #move #open #poor

Or he can work it out as a metrical and formal exercise, but he will be disappointed in its content. The New Year's prospect fairly chills his daunting breast. ↗

— John C. Ransom

#content #daunting #disappointed #exercise #fairly

The arts generally have had to recognize Modernism - how should poetry escape? ↗

— John C. Ransom

#escape #generally #had #how #modernism

I've certainly played those leading man or male juvenile roles, where you're not supposed to make people laugh. ↗

— Andrew Rannells

#i #juvenile #laugh #leading #leading man

For no art and no religion is possible until we make allowances, until we manage to keep quiet the enfant terrible of logic that plays havoc with the other faculties. ↗

— John C. Ransom

#art #faculties #havoc #keep #logic

And how can poetry stand up against its new conditions? Its position is perfectly precarious. ↗

— John C. Ransom

#conditions #how #new #perfectly #poetry

Being No. 1. It's talked about all of the time in hip-hop. 'I'm still No. 1! I'm the best! I'm the greatest of all time!' It's the same mentality in sports. ↗

— Michael Rapaport

#being #best #greatest #hip-hop #i

In Sweden everybody has this perfect surface. Everyone's very polite and controls their feelings. ↗

— Noomi Rapace

#everybody #everyone #feelings #perfect #polite