#rise

The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that position be taken on current issues as they arise and the desire that one's contributions will somehow survive the ravages of time. ↗

— Angela Davis

#arise #between #certain #contributions #current

I'm the worst at picking what movies are going to do well. I have no idea. I'm really surprised if a movie I like does well. ↗

— Zooey Deschanel

#going #i #idea #like #movie

I was pleasantly surprised after the book came out. It was like, hey, the home team put down a nice score. ↗

— Rocco DiSpirito

#book #came #down #hey #home

I was surprised to see the meeting was of Communists and the whole meeting was along Communist lines. ↗

— Edward Dmytryk

#communist #communists #i #lines #meeting

Hollywood is portrayed in this super glamorous way, but when I see pictures of actresses going off the rails, it doesn't surprise me at all. ↗

— Minnie Driver

#going #hollywood #i #i see #me

Well, softness and femininity like yours people don't expect of me; so when they find me emotional and capable of real vulnerability, they're surprised. ↗

— Faye Dunaway

#emotional #expect #femininity #find #like

Every now and then, a presidential candidate surprises us with a truly human and honest moment. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#every #honest #human #moment #now

Oracle's got 100+ enterprise applications live in the #cloud; today, SAP's got nothin' but SuccessFactors until 2020. ↗

— Larry Ellison

#cloud #enterprise #got #live #nothin

Rather than doing the kind of fact-checking that normally goes with a story, you ran with certain stories for not wanting to get beat. There's a pressure that exists in your profession. I would be surprised in any honest exchange that you say that doesn't exist. ↗

— Rahm Emanuel

#beat #certain #doing #exchange #exist

We cannot be any stronger in our foreign policy for all the bombs and guns we may heap up in our arsenals than we are in the spirit which rules inside the country. Foreign policy, like a river, cannot rise above its source. ↗

— Adlai Stevenson

#any #arsenals #bombs #cannot #country