#pose

The Bush administration staunchly opposed legislation which would preserve overtime pay for all workers. ↗

— John Sweeney

#bush #bush administration #legislation #opposed #overtime

Wonder if there is life on another planet? Let's suppose there is. Suppose further, that only one star in a trillion has a planet that could support life. If that were the case, then there would be at least 100 million planets that harbored life. ↗

— Ben Sweetland

#case #could #further #harbored #least

Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#fallen #her #large #little #may

Where there are large powers with little ambition, nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes. ↗

— Henry Taylor

#fallen #her #large #little #may

On the other hand, I mean, that is what writers have always been supposed to do, was to rely on their own devices and to - I mean, writing is a lonely business. ↗

— Donna Tartt

#been #business #devices #hand #i

Someone who does an act. In a democratic society, you're supposed to be an activist; that is, you participate. It could be a letter written to an editor. ↗

— Studs Terkel

#activist #could #democratic #democratic society #does

Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life. ↗

— Carl Andre

#art #artist #attempting #because #common

We must oppose programs that would take food from the mouths of younger generations to buy prescription drugs for old people, and we must do it... for the children. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#children #food #generations #mouths #must

To suppose as we all suppose, that we could be rich and not behave as the rich behave, is like supposing that we could drink all day and stay sober. ↗

— Logan P. Smith

#behave #could #day #drink #like

I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies. ↗

— Benjamin Spock

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