#ration

America is not just a democracy, it represents a certain culture of competitive mobility and personality aspirations, politics is not merely a clash of interests, but a clash of dreams. ↗

— David Brooks

#aspirations #certain #clash #competitive #culture

A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success. ↗

— Joyce Brothers

#best #possible #preparation #self-image #strong

Happiness is the natural flower of duty. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

#duty #flower #happiness #natural

Should the Catholic Church find itself discriminated against by the Obama administration on key delivery of services because of the bias and the bigotry of the administration? ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#against #because #bias #catholic #catholic church

There is one purpose to life and one only: to bear witness to and understand as much as possible of the complexity of the world -- its beauty, its mysteries, its riddles. The more you understand, the more you look, the greater is your enjoyment of life and your sense of peace. That's all there is to it. Everything else is fun and games. If an activity is not grounded in "to love" or "to learn" it does not have value. ↗

— Anne Rice

#learning #life #love #beauty

The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence. ↗

— Tammy Bruce

#basic #because #collapses #culture #embraces

We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation. ↗

— Anthony Burgess

#desperation #money #need

I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration. ↗

— Man Ray

#inspirational #passion #beauty

No matter what the cause, God is only as willing as you are. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#inspirational #life #motivational #success #experience

With Animal Factory you'd think that because it's mostly interiors, you could shoot it anywhere. So we shot this in Philadelphia, and we had the cooperation of the prison system. ↗

— Steve Buscemi

#anywhere #because #cooperation #could #factory