#seems

It seems to me that any sensible person must see that violence does not change the world and if it does, then only temporarily. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#change #change the world #does #me #must

One of the things is that the good intentions of Prohibition, from reading over the years and from becoming obsessed with the research of gangs in New York City, seems to have allowed crime figures at the time, like Luciano, Capone, Torrio and Rothstein, to organize to become more powerful, which pulled all the way through until the '70s. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#become #becoming #capone #city #crime

Thus the creation, which seems an arbitrary act, supposes laws as invariable as those of the fatality of the Atheists. It would be absurd to say that the Creator might govern the world without those rules, since without them it could not subsist. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#act #arbitrary #atheists #could #creation

Sometimes when you're putting the work in it just seems so, so hard, and you never know when that work's going to pay off. ↗

— Maria Sharapova

#hard #just #know #never #off

It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin. ↗

— Al Sharpton

#dr #forgotten #his #ignore #kin

When we're young we have a very clear vision of how life is supposed to be, and it all seems very neatly packaged. ↗

— Andrew Shue

#clear vision #how #life #neatly #packaged

It is only of life on Earth, however, that one can speak with any certainty. It seems to me that all life on Earth, the sum total of life upon the Earth, has purpose. ↗

— Clifford D. Simak

#certainty #earth #however #life #me

I always think it's interesting to dig a little bit deeper every time you go to someplace that seems like a revelation or a strong connection to an emotional truth. ↗

— Carly Simon

#bit #connection #deeper #dig #emotional

It seems that in Baltimore, one of the most violent cities in America, jurors are far more reluctant to convict criminal defendants than in the suburban enclaves that ring the city. ↗

— David Simon

#baltimore #cities #city #convict #criminal

I have to tell you I never in my life anticipated getting this old, this fast. It seems as if I were 25 just a few days ago. ↗

— Ben Stein

#anticipated #days #fast #few #getting