#rote

One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the 1st Amendment. ↗

— William O. Douglas

#adore #amendment #come #comes #court

I write short stories, and I wrote a play. ↗

— Rita Dove

#i write #play #short #short stories #stories

Before computers, telephone lines and television connect us, we all share the same air, the same oceans, the same mountains and rivers. We are all equally responsible for protecting them. ↗

— Julia Louis-Dreyfus

#before #computers #connect #equally #lines

I Tweeted Keri Hilson the other day and she actually wrote back! I was so excited. ↗

— Kevin Durant

#back #day #excited #i #other

Together we can and must fight for justice for our children and protect them from draconian tax cuts and budget choices that threaten their survival, education and preparation for the future. If they are not ready for tomorrow, neither is America. ↗

— Marian Wright Edelman

#budget #children #choices #cuts #draconian

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#makes #men #protest #should #silence

I do not feel I have a legacy to protect. ↗

— Bret Easton Ellis

#i #i do #legacy #protect

Raymond Chandler once wrote that Dashiell Hammett gave murder back to the people who really committed it. ↗

— James Ellroy

#chandler #committed #gave #murder #once

I was asked by a group to write a song on the theme of brotherhood. This was before women's liberation, when brotherhood meant men and women both, so I wrote the song. Since I had always been very fond of the Passion Chorale, I wrote words to that great piece. ↗

— Tom Glazer

#asked #been #before #both #brotherhood

I wrote the Brotherhood song for no money out of my deep feelings about humanity, and because I was flattered that whatever talents I had, had been recognized. ↗

— Tom Glazer

#because #been #brotherhood #deep #feelings