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Obscenity is a moral concept in the verbal arsenal of the establishment, which abuses the term by applying it, not to expressions of its own morality but to those of another. ↗

— Herbert Marcuse

#applying #arsenal #concept #establishment #expressions

My father always taught me to appreciate what you're fortunate to have and give back to those who need it. No part of our society is more important than the children, especially the ones who need our help. ↗

— Dan Marino

#appreciate #back #children #especially #father

The obsessions we have are pretty much the same our whole lives. Mine are people, the human condition, life. ↗

— Mary Ellen Mark

#human #human condition #life #lives #mine

What I'm passionate about is History, and politics interest me only insofar as it is the cross-section of History in the present. ↗

— Chris Marker

#cross-section #history #i #insofar #interest

I'm just as sick as the others, although I prefer to do my sickness in private. ↗

— Mick Mars

#i #just #others #prefer #private

That's kind of like how jazz is sometimes. You're out there predicting the future, and no one believes you. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#future #how #jazz #kind #like

We prepared to go ashore to publish for the first time in New Zealand the glad tidings of the gospel. ↗

— Samuel Marsden

#first #first time #glad #go #gospel

In the absence of any short term in common use to represent all desirable things, or things that satisfy human wants, we may use the term Goods for that purpose. ↗

— Alfred Marshall

#any #common #desirable #goods #human

I absolutely advocate for comprehensive immigration reform. ↗

— Susana Martinez

#advocate #comprehensive #i #immigration #immigration reform

If every conceivable precaution is taken at first, one is often too discouraged to proceed at all. ↗

— Archer John Porter Martin

#discouraged #every #first #often #precaution