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I have always depended on the kindness of strangers. ↗

— Tennessee Williams

#depended #i #kindness #strangers

Yesterday NPR fired me for telling the truth. The truth is that I worry when I am getting on an airplane and see people dressed in garb that identifies them first and foremost as Muslims. This is not a bigoted statement. It is a statement of my feelings, my fears after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 by radical Muslims. ↗

— Juan Williams

#airplane #am #attacks #bigoted #dressed

The hoop is there to remind us not to jump through it, not to submit to someone else's control. ↗

— Kit Williams

#else #hoop #jump #remind #someone

I see myself as a roving mosquito, choosing it's target. ↗

— Kenneth Williams

#i #i see #mosquito #myself #see

Newton, of course, was the inventor of differential calculus so his place in the tale is quite special. ↗

— Kit Williams

#course #differential #his #inventor #newton

As I was working I noticed that the way I designed the differential gearing actually created a spare drive that sat directly below the emperor's feet, or where they would be if he were to sit in the chariot. ↗

— Kit Williams

#below #chariot #created #designed #differential

The element of harmony is super important. ↗

— Pharrell Williams

#harmony #important #super

Having designed and built several clocks during my career it suddenly occurred to me that when you look at the face of a clock both hands have the same center. ↗

— Kit Williams

#built #career #center #clock #clocks

He was so tenacious he defied the distraction of women by refusing to have them in his presence, just as later in life he denied his blindness by calling for more and more candles. ↗

— Kit Williams

#calling #candles #defied #denied #distraction

Back in the 1960s, I saw Peter, Paul and Mary. I was at that age, about 14, and I was mesmerized. ↗

— Lucinda Williams

#age #back #i #mary #mesmerized