#real

The really important victory of the civil rights movement was that it made racism unpopular, whereas a generation ago at the turn of the last century, you had to embrace racism to get elected to anything. ↗

— Carol Moseley Braun

#anything #century #civil #civil rights #civil rights movement

In reality the workings of your governing system are opaque and covert, while hiding in the chattering spotlight of an ostensible transparency, even though the ultimate objective is clear. ↗

— Breyten Breytenbach

#clear #covert #even #governing #hiding

You always hear people say that having kids changes everything, but you can't fully realize it until you have children yourself. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#changes #children #everything #fully #having

I guess the reality is, everybody today has so many gadgets. ↗

— Barbara Broccoli

#gadgets #guess #i #many #reality

Music looks very formidable to people outside of it and it looks like it's this realm of spooky genius. ↗

— Jon Brion

#genius #like #looks #music #outside

So if you're on tour for eight months, a year... or whatever it is you definitely don't want arguments and I'm happy to say that I've always had a really nice bunch of people around me all the time. ↗

— Joan Armatrading

#around #bunch #definitely #eight #had

I love a finished speaker, I really, truly do I don't mean one who's polished, I just mean one who's through. ↗

— Richard Armour

#i #i love #just #love #mean

In all the poems I've written I've not really engaged in politics, and when I've found myself moving in that direction I've always stopped myself. ↗

— Simon Armitage

#direction #engaged #found #i #moving

Formats are constantly changing, and there are really no rules for the way you put your records out anymore. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

#changing #constantly #formats #out #put

I tend to not really care for re-makes in general. Mainly they are horrible. ↗