#shin

Vengeance is not the point; change is. But the trouble is that in most people's minds the thought of victory and the thought of punishing the enemy coincide. ↗

— Barbara Deming

#coincide #enemy #minds #most #people

Of course it can be said of jails, too, that they try - by punishing the troublesome - to deter others. No doubt, in certain instances this deterrence actually works. But generally speaking it fails conspicuously. ↗

— Barbara Deming

#certain #conspicuously #course #deter #deterrence

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is one of the greatest films of all time. ↗

— Laura Dern

#goes #greatest #mr #smith #time

If we don't change the way Washington operates we're going to bankrupt our children and grandchildren. ↗

— David Dewhurst

#change #children #going #grandchildren #operates

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#cold #days #hot #light #march

I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give. ↗

— Diogenes

#cannot #give #i #intercepting #may

The sun, too, shines into cesspools and is not polluted. ↗

— Diogenes

#polluted #shines #sun #too

Wisconsin's kids shouldn't be allowed to fail just because Washington is failing them. ↗

— Jim Doyle

#because #fail #failing #just #just because

Actually, I have an interest in finishing my Ph.D., but I just know I never will. ↗

— David Duchovny

#finishing #i #interest #just #know

I think that there is a relatively small number of people who are pushing for independence in Taiwan. ↗