#pot

The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#boisterous #children #commerce #degrading #despotism

It's not about charisma and personality, it's about results and products and those very bedrock things that are why people at Apple and outside of Apple are getting more excited about the company and what Apple stands for and what its potential is to contribute to the industry. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#apple #bedrock #charisma #company #contribute

My family is just an amazing melting pot of wonderful religions and faiths. ↗

— Rima Fakih

#faiths #family #just #melting #melting pot

I thought of Paris as a beauty spot on the face of the earth, and of London as a big freckle. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

#big #earth #face #i #london

Millions of American families affected by debilitating diseases have new hope today after the U.S. House passed legislation to support potentially life-saving stem cell research. ↗

— Nancy L. Johnson

#after #american #american families #cell #cell research

When he died, Emerson was thought of as the representative American writer par excellence, and his point of view was still so potent that William James was honored to be asked to speak at a centenary celebration. ↗

— Howard Mumford Jones

#american writer #asked #celebration #died #emerson

'No Child Left Behind' requires states and school districts to ensure that all students are learning and are reaching their highest potential. Special education students should not be left out of these accountability mechanisms. ↗

— Dianne Feinstein

#behind #child #districts #education #ensure

The word "belief" is a difficult thing for me. I don't believe. I must have a reason for a certain hypothesis. Either I know a thing, and then I know it - I don't need to believe it. ↗

— Carl Jung

#believe #certain #cult thing #difficult #difficult thing

We live in a world where sports have the potential to bridge the gap between racism, sexism and discrimination. The 2012 Olympic Games was a great start but hopefully what these games taught us is that if women are given an opportunity on an equal playing field the possibilities for women are endless. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#bridge #discrimination #endless #equal #field

God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers. ↗

— Abdul Kalam

#ability #creator #develop #god #great