#ran

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war. ↗

— Reinhold Niebuhr

#aggression #civilization #consequences #defend #even

In the morning he was lying dead on one of the beds fully clothed. He was dead. I got the impression he wanted to go, and I must have killed him. I can't remember strangling him. I just sat there shocked. ↗

— Dennis Nilsen

#clothed #dead #fully #go #got

There are many ways to be free. One of them is to transcend reality by imagination, as I try to do. ↗

— Anais Nin

#i #imagination #many #reality #them

I mean, the actors that I admired were Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, an actress named Barbara Harris. And Greta Garbo. They were great actors. ↗

— Robert De Niro

#admired #barbara #brando #garbo #great

Old age has got to start creeping up on me one day soon, and frankly I'm very scared. I don't want to be old. I've always felt so young. And I want to stay that way. ↗

— David Niven

#always #creeping #day #felt #frankly

In terms of sexual orientation I don't really feel I've changed. I don't feel there was a hidden part of my sexuality that I wasn't aware of. I'd been with men all my life, and I'd never fallen in love with a woman. But when I did, it didn't seem so strange. ↗

— Cynthia Nixon

#been #changed #did #fallen #feel

Most child actors, once they hit 18, once they hit 21, that's it. Even teenage kids often don't make the transition. ↗

— Cynthia Nixon

#child actors #even #hit #kids #make

Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#assigned #branch #doctrine #executive #exercises

We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility. ↗

— Kwame Nkrumah

#prefer #self-government #servitude #tranquility

I think it is not necessary at this time to put forth a grand vision such as an East Asian Community. What we must do before that is create scenarios for Japan's response in case of a serious territorial incident. ↗

— Yoshihiko Noda

#before #case #community #create #east