#pro

No one ever talks about the moment you found that you were white. Or the moment you found out you were black. That's a profound revelation. The minute you find that out, something happens. You have to renegotiate everything. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#black #ever #everything #find #found

I reiterate my proposal of creating life sentences for politicians who make deals with organized criminals. They deserve the maximum penalty because a politician that makes deals with criminals - I've said it, and I repeat it - is no longer a politician but just another 'capo.' ↗

— Josefina Vazquez Mota

#because #creating #criminals #deals #deserve

I worked in sales. It was definable, it had a quantifiable approach to accomplishment that had a great deal of importance to me. It had a degree of clarity that I loved. And of course, it was core. ↗

— Anne M. Mulcahy

#approach #clarity #core #course #deal

It was always my intention that The Frieze should be housed in a room which would provide a suitable architectural frame for it. ↗

— Edvard Munch

#architectural #frame #frieze #housed #intention

In addition, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act provides protection for those in the firearms industry from lawsuits arising out of the criminal or unlawful acts of people who misuse their products. ↗

— Bob Ney

#acts #addition #arising #arms #commerce

Architecture is my work, and I've spent my whole life at a drawing board, but life is more important than architecture. What matters is to improve human beings. ↗

— Oscar Niemeyer

#beings #board #drawing #human #human beings

Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach. ↗

— Earl Nightingale

#bridge #exists #gap #goal #intend

Success is a process, a quality of mind and way of being, an outgoing affirmation of life. ↗

— Alex Noble

#being #life #mind #outgoing #process

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#brave #business #conduct #conscience #death

The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#act #association #begins #common #formal