#si

Can our mind evolve to be something other than an extension of our animal needs? ↗

— Julian Casablancas

#evolve #extension #mind #needs #other

We must make it clear that a platform of 'I hate gay men and women' is not a way to become president of the United States. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#clear #gay #hate #i #make

Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#both #both sides #permanent #sides #unless

It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#behind #common #common good #concentration #decisions

And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage I had seen performed by an elderly military doctor, who was a friend of my family. ↗

— Rene Cassin

#admiration #child #civic #courage #doctor

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#commonly #considering #fatherless #fathers #general

I try to make myself look as normal as possible because I like people to relate to me. ↗

— Nick Carter

#i #like #look #make #me

My first dunk was actually in sixth grade. ↗

— Vince Carter

#dunk #first #grade #sixth

Our mission for younger people is to do our best to make exercise cool, hip - the thing to do. ↗

— Bruce Jenner

#cool #exercise #hip #make #mission

The beauty myth of the present is more insidious than any mystique of femininity yet: A century ago, Nora slammed the door of the doll's house; a generation ago, women turned their backs on the consumer heaven of the isolated multiapplianced home; but where women are trapped today, there is no door to slam. The contemporary ravages of the beauty backlash are destroying women physically and depleting us psychologically. If we are to free ourselves from the dead weight that has once again been made out of femaleness, it is not ballots or lobbyists or placards that women will need first; it is a new way to see. ↗

— Naomi Wolf

#beauty #eating-disorders #images #magazines #marketing