#red

History is hereditary only in this way: we, all of us, inherit everything, and then we choose what to cherish, what to disavow, and what do do next, which is why it's worth trying to know where things come from. ↗

— Jill Lepore

#heredity #history #inheritance #values #change

I've never considered myself to be working for a living; I've enjoyed myself for a living instead. ↗

— John Mills

#enjoyed #i #instead #living #myself

As she always did on any really important day, Penelope Hayes wore red. ↗

— Anna Godbersen

#colors #fashion #red #fashion

I heard my brother's voice even though we were apart. I then answered the phone and found him on the line. ↗

— Maurice Gibb

#apart #brother #even #found #heard

I prefer the rather old and battered, things with character, to the brand new. ↗

— Rick Allen

#brand #brand new #character #i #new

I can't predict the future. ↗

— Andrew Mason

#i #predict

It was very interesting, and we went to Germany and we toured Germany like we were a German band in 1985. ↗

— Ruben Blades

#german #germany #interesting #like #toured

Compared to America or Europe, God isn't a big part of our lives here. I don't know anyone here who goes to church when he's had a rough divorce or is going through depression. We go out into nature instead. ↗

— Bjork

#anyone #big #church #compared #depression

The Wellcome Foundation offered me the chance to establish a small academic research unit, modestly funded, but with total independence. The real opportunity, however, came from King's College, London. ↗

— James W. Black

#came #chance #college #establish #foundation

Rulers do not reduce taxes to be kind. Expediency and greed create high taxation, and normally it takes an impending catastrophe to bring it down. ↗

— Charles Adams

#bring #catastrophe #create #down #expediency