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I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of expression. ↗

#enough #expression #freedom #freedom of expression #had

You can get sucked into the idea that, 'Gosh, this is impressive. Maybe I should do this. It will look good.' Or 'I'll write like this because it will impress that critic.' ↗

— Amy Tan

#critic #get #good #gosh #i

I think I've always been somebody, since the deaths of my father and brother, who was afraid to hope. So, I was more prepared for failure and for rejection than for success. ↗

— Amy Tan

#always #been #brother #deaths #failure

This issue, if not addressed, leaves any President, including George Bush, open to the criticism that they are essentially ignoring the destruction of the nation and I believe that with all my heart. ↗

— Tom Tancredo

#any #believe #bush #criticism #destruction

Because the worst of all worlds is when you pretend like you have an immigration policy, you make coming into the United States without our permission illegal, and then you actually don't enforce it. ↗

— Tom Tancredo

#because #coming #enforce #illegal #immigration

I have a more direct avenue to expression as an artist than I ever would as a politician. ↗

— Serj Tankian

#avenue #direct #ever #expression #i

Architects today tend to depreciate themselves, to regard themselves as no more than just ordinary citizens without the power to reform the future. ↗

— Kenzo Tange

#citizens #depreciate #future #just #more

I will preach with my brush. ↗

— Henry Ossawa Tanner

#i #preach #will

Most of the prisoners told the interpreter that they are from Mandingo. ↗