#public

I finally returned to Iran in 1979, when I got my degree in English and American literature, and stayed for 18 years in the Islamic republic. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#american literature #degree #english #finally #got

As Mayor, I will fully support my Arts Commission and its professional selection committees so that they can commission a full range of public art that is daring and, when appropriate, daringly traditional. ↗

— Gavin Newsom

#art #arts #commission #committees #daring

The 21st Century has begun as an era of uncertainty, with a heightened focus on security and public safety. ↗

— Gavin Newsom

#begun #century #era #focus #heightened

The arts can play a vital role in revitalizing neighborhoods, using and improving vacant space, bringing new jobs and new sense of opportunity, and improving public safety by generating more foot traffic and more eyes on the street. ↗

— Gavin Newsom

#bringing #eyes #foot #generating #improving

If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought. ↗

— Isaac Newton

#any #done #due #i #patient

I don't have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#fear #i #intimacy #person #public

I can't hit on women in public any more. I didn't decide this; it just doesn't feel right at my age. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#any #decide #feel #hit #i

Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum. ↗

— Jack Nicklaus

#down #headache #hold #i #mine

When I was younger, I thought of myself as a Nixon Republican because he was the anti-Communist. ↗

— Grover Norquist

#i #myself #nixon #republican #thought

Men who are engaged in public life must necessarily aim at reducing opposition to a minimum, and one of the most obvious means to that end is by misrepresenting, discrediting or ruining their opponents. ↗

— Frederick Scott Oliver

#end #engaged #life #means #men