#ric

We're more sexually repressed than men, having been given a much more strict puritanical code of behavior than men ever have. ↗

— Kate Millett

#behavior #code #ever #given #having

The first Latin music that blew my mind was bumba, which was a Puerto Rican beat. ↗

— David Johansen

#blew #first #latin #mind #music

We ought instead of retreating should follow up the enemy and take Richmond. And in full view of all responsible for such declaration, I say to you all, such an order can only be prompted by cowardice or treason. ↗

— Philip Kearny

#declaration #enemy #follow #full #i

Romney has to convince the American public that they need to do something they're not usually inclined to do - replace a sitting president with a challenger. And unlike in 1980 and 1992, when the public was persuaded to do just that, the incumbent president has not been weakened by a primary opponent. ↗

— Bill Kristol

#american public #been #challenger #convince #inclined

The United States is the wealthiest nation in the history of the world, yet its inhabitants are strikingly unhappy. Accordingly, we present to the rest of mankind, on a planet rife with suffering and tragedy, the spectacle of a clown civilization. Sustained on a clown diet rich in sugar and fat, we have developed a clown physiognomy. We dress like clowns. We move about a landscape filled with cartoon buildings in clownmobiles, absorbed in clownish activities. We fill our idle hours enjoying the canned antics of professional clowns... Death, when we acknowledge it, is just another pratfall on the boob tube. Bang! You're dead! ↗

— James Howard Kunstler

#clown #clowns #community #social-criticism #the-united-states

The true sovereign is not the American president nor the English king, but the Lord of the Second Advent. ↗

— Sun Myung Moon

#american #american president #english #king #lord

It doesn't serve an American interest. It really doesn't really serve Israeli interests - it serves the interests of the political party that's getting the votes of the settlers on the West Bank. ↗

— Chris Matthews

#bank #getting #interest #interests #israeli

Historically, foreign powers have always been the ones to keep Latin nations divided. ↗

— Evo Morales

#been #divided #foreign #foreign powers #historically

If I had been a bricklayer I'd still have been a journeyman. ↗

— Fred L. Turner

#bricklayer #had #i #journeyman #still

People watch me, waiting for me to slip up, so my privacy has gone - but that's a price you pay. ↗

— Samantha Mumba

#me #pay #people #price #privacy