#rage

Never before has a civilization reached such a degree of a contempt for life; never before has a generation, drowned in mortification, felt such a rage to live. ↗

— Raoul Vaneigem

#civilization #contempt #degree #drowned #felt

Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted. ↗

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

#being #could #get #go #hope

As you get older, you can suffer from painful hips, and our joints wear a lot quicker than for people of average height. ↗

— Warwick Davis

#get #height #hips #joints #lot

My parents are both average size. For them to have a child who was very, very different and very, very small must have been incredibly hard. ↗

— Warwick Davis

#been #both #child #different #hard

I didn't have a very starry school career, I was medium to above average, nothing special. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#average #career #i #medium #nothing

Yes, but another writer I read in high school who just knocked me out was Theodore Dreiser. I read An American Tragedy all in one weekend and couldn't put it down - I locked myself in my room. Now that was antithetical to every other book I was reading at the time because Dreiser really had no style, but it was powerful. ↗

— Joan Didion

#another #antithetical #because #book #down

Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring. ↗

— Marlene Dietrich

#formidable #grace #mixture #only #place

Effort without talent is a depressing situation... but talent without effort is a tragedy. ↗

— Mike Ditka

#effort #situation #talent #tragedy #without

With his trademark courage and conviction, President Reagan led us out of the Cold War, spreading his vision of freedom, resulting in the release of millions of people from the yoke of communism. ↗

— John Doolittle

#cold war #communism #conviction #courage #freedom

I encourage everyone to become their dream. Most young people get sidetracked and never end up doing what they really set out to do. ↗

— James De La Vega

#doing #dream #encourage #end #everyone