#red

The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#democratic #democratic society #functions #health #may

Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. ↗

— Henry Adams

#been #hatreds #organization #politics #practice

And also I assert our interest in respecting all our obligations and implementing all our commitments. And will save no effort whatever to protect this newborn opportunity of peace, that is provided through what we have already declared here today. ↗

— Mahmoud Abbas

#also #assert #commitments #declared #effort

Love implies anger. The man who is angered by nothing cares about nothing. ↗

— Edward Abbey

#anger #angered #cares #implies #love

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#crucial #ingredient #make #man #team

The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw me as a venerable institution. Things do change. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#by the time #change #critics #during #everybody

When the doctor told me I had cancer, I was scared. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#doctor #had #i #me #scared

Traditional matter must be glorified, since it would be easier to listen to the re-creation of familiar stories than to quite new and unexpected things; the listeners, we must remember, needed poetry chiefly as the re-creation of tired hours. ↗

— Lascelles Abercrombie

#easier #familiar #glorified #hours #listen

Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was really scared. I had talked the talk, and now I had to walk the walk. For three days, I couldn't answer the phone. ↗

— F. Murray Abraham

#answer #days #english #english language #every

Compared to dancing, films seemed to me to be the work of lay bums. There was no physical pain; it was enough to say and imagine what was in the script. It was very easy for me. ↗

— Victoria Abril

#compared #dancing #easy #enough #films