#ration

It's an incredible con job when you think about it, to believe something now in exchange for something after death. Even corporations with their reward systems don't try to make it posthumous. ↗

— Gloria Steinem

#after #believe #con #corporations #death

Planning ahead is a measure of class. The rich and even the middle class plan for future generations, but the poor can plan ahead only a few weeks or days. ↗

— Gloria Steinem

#class #days #even #few #future

I love the live performances and Las Vegas. I also like making films that are being discovered by another generation. Having been a teen idol of the '60s is great because you realize you left your generation with a smile and good memories. ↗

— Connie Stevens

#another #because #been #being #discovered

We have no desire to permanently rule over millions of Palestinians, who double their numbers every generation. Israel, which wishes to be an exemplary democracy, will not be able to bear such a reality over time. The Disengagement Plan presents the possibility of opening a gate to a different reality. ↗

— Ariel Sharon

#bear #democracy #desire #different #disengagement

It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That's where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts. We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn't get the mule. So we decided we'd ride this donkey as far as it would take us. ↗

— Al Sharpton

#after #argument #as far as #commitment #day

Hope implies that you think you have a chance at something. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#inspirational #funny

Beautiful people are blessed by god and those who love them. Beautiful people are loved by everyone. Beautiful people love and Forgive. Beautiful people don't Sin by heart. Beautiful people are beautiful from within. I am Beautiful, Strong and Proud Forever..! ↗

— Chitralekha Rathore

#attitude

We will talk about cooperation to destroy the disease as soon as we can. ↗

— Thaksin Shinawatra

#cooperation #destroy #disease #soon #talk

Every day is a chance to start over. Any day can be bad, surely, but any day can be good, can be great, and that promise, that potential, is a beautiful thing indeed. ↗

— R.A. Salvatore

#inspirational #beauty

The only true source of politeness is consideration. ↗

— William Gilmore Simms

#only #politeness #source #true