#rue

But my point is these Civil War songs were gruesome. The hatred that's so bad in this country today, and for the past 10 or 15 years, bad as it is, is nothing compared to the kind of things people would write down and sing back in the Civil War. ↗

— T-Bone Burnett

#bad #civil #civil war #compared #country

There is something in age that ever, even in its own despite, must be venerable, must create respect and to have it ill treated, is to me worse, more cruel and wicked than anything on earth. ↗

— Frances Burney

#anything #create #cruel #despite #earth

Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true. ↗

— Elias Canetti

#discovers #every #his #lie #lies

We will that all men know we blame not all the lords, nor all those that are about the king's person, nor all gentlemen nor yeomen, nor all men of law, nor all bishops, nor all priests, but all such as may be found guilty by just and true inquiry and by the law. ↗

— Jack Cade

#bishops #blame #found #gentlemen #guilty

From heav'nly thoughts all true delight doth spring. ↗

— Thomas Campion

#doth #spring #thoughts #true

I've never... when I was having songs on the airwaves, and that sort of thing, I never felt a sense of pressure anywhere except from myself, to do things the way I wanted to do them; to feel authentic; to feel like I was presenting my true self to the world. ↗

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

#anywhere #authentic #except #feel #felt

You must be absolutely honest and true in the depicting of a totem for meaning is attached to every line. You must be most particular about detail and proportion. ↗

— Emily Carr

#absolutely #attached #depicting #detail #every

The fundamental laws of physics do not describe true facts about reality. Rendered as descriptions of facts, they are false; amended to be true, they lose their explanatory force. ↗

— Nancy Cartwright

#amended #be true #describe #descriptions #facts

A beautiful person is someone who stays true to themselves and their spirit; someone who is self-confident and can make you smile. ↗

— Helena Christensen

#beautiful person #make #person #self-confident #smile

There are no true friends in politics. We are all sharks circling, and waiting, for traces of blood to appear in the water. ↗

— Alan Clark

#blood #circling #friends #politics #sharks