#ron

To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

#free #free speech #hearer #rights #speaker

At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

#convincing #irony #like #needed #scorching

I think at the prospect of bringing children into the world, your mortality comes very much to the forefront, absolutely. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#bringing #children #comes #forefront #i

What is ironic is that Allen Ginsberg's importance was in its twilight for so many years that it took his death to bring it to the front page. He electrified an entire world! ↗

— Rita Dove

#bring #death #electrified #entire #entire world

I've an enormous respect for my mother who at the age of 39 raised three children, and I grew up with my grandmother in the household. And so it was a really strong household of women - my poor brother! It was great growing up with so many generations of women. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#brother #children #enormous #generations #grandmother

Ironically I think this is what sparked my interest in and passion for the NOAH, which is capable of creating all these old weird and wonderful sounds. ↗

— Geoff Downes

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Women are strong now. Women are dominating the charts, and women are doing it for themselves. We're kicking butt and taking no prisoners. ↗

— Patti LaBelle

#doing #dominating #kicking #now #prisoners

The single most important thing we can do today to ensure a strong, successful future for Wisconsin is invest in our kids early - because what we do now will determine what kind of state Wisconsin will be 10, 20, even 50 years from now. ↗

— Jim Doyle

#determine #early #ensure #even #future

Now, mark it. This may be strong language, but heed it. The people mean it, and, my friends of the Eastern Democracy, we bid farewell when you do that thing. ↗

— Richard Parks Bland

#bid #democracy #eastern #farewell #friends

At the state level, we must take a careful look at what went wrong and make sure it never happens again. The buck stops here, and as your governor, I take full responsibility. ↗

— Kathleen Blanco

#buck #careful #full #governor #happens