#rely

First of all it's usually women who run these higher primate sanctuaries, rarely men. They are white. They come from privileged backgrounds. They are educated. ↗

— Russell Banks

#come #educated #first #first of all #higher

Bringing democratic control to the conduct of foreign policy requires a struggle merely to force the issue onto the public agenda. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#bringing #conduct #control #democratic #force

Half the U.S. population owns barely 2 percent of its wealth, putting the United States near Rwanda and Uganda and below such nations as pre-Arab Spring Tunisia and Egypt when measured by degrees of income inequality. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#below #degrees #egypt #half #income

It's not merely that conservatives are better at selling their product, or that they happen to have an easier-and undoubtedly simpler-ideological product to sell. It's that they know what they are selling. Liberals in general and Obama in particular cannot say the same. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#cannot #conservatives #general #happen #know

Yes, you are running businesses, and yes, we understand and accept that, but surely there must be a level beyond which profit from news is simply indecent. ↗

— Christiane Amanpour

#beyond #businesses #indecent #level #must

Don't rely on men but don't shun them either. ↗

— Jennifer Aniston

#men #rely #shun #them

Social paralysis is strong and stands firmly in the way of change on the ground level. As allies, we have to prepare ourselves to step into the fire when necessary, even - and especially - when said fire is merely a still-lit cigarette tossed carelessly onto the street. ↗

— Jack Antonoff

#carelessly #change #cigarette #especially #even

Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#contemplate #contemplated #deliver #illuminate #merely

How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#barely #billions #declaring #go #harmony

The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

#deceiver #deceiving #depends #efficiency #entirely