#rote

It is only in his music, which Americans are able to admire because a protective sentimentality limits their understanding of it, that the Negro in America has been able to tell his story. ↗

— James Baldwin

#admire #america #because #been #his

But I remember the moment when my father died. I wasn't a very committed Catholic beforehand, but when that happened it suddenly all felt so obvious: I now believe religion is our attempt to find an explanation, for us to feel more protected. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#beforehand #believe #catholic #committed #died

Producing is so exciting because you can enable things to happen, whether it's like discovering a filmmaker who you're taking a chance on, protecting a battle and driving home at the end of the day just going, 'I'm so glad I stayed late at work and fought hard for that. Had my passion. Won that battle.' ↗

— Drew Barrymore

#because #chance #day #discovering #driving

Great dad. Yeah, he would ask me for money on birthdays and, you know, inappropriate times. And I just wrote him off like, 'You're not a father.' I just learned you cannot emotionally invest in people who are not attainable. ↗

— Drew Barrymore

#attainable #birthdays #cannot #dad #emotionally

You know, I was a community activist, so I'm used to standing out in front of an elected official's office and protesting. ↗

— Karen Bass

#community #elected #front #i #know

Protein has been intensely over-represented on the plate. Now, the garden should be the main drag for main courses. ↗

— Mario Batali

#courses #drag #garden #intensely #main

Under the Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Program, homes are independently verified to be measurably more energy efficient than average houses. ↗

— Melissa Bean

#agency #average #efficient #energy #environmental protection

I protect my skin with sunscreen and am religious about keeping my face moisturized and properly protected all day, so I also use a face lotion with SPF 30. ↗

— Amanda Beard

#all day #also #am #day #face

Organized labor, if they're doing a responsible job, is going to organize the pooling of small amounts of money to protect the interests of the people who are not rich. ↗

— Warren Beatty

#going #interests #job #labor #money

You can't succeed in beating the insurgents unless you can convince the people that they can be protected. ↗

— Rand Beers

#convince #insurgents #people #protected #succeed