#sid

I was considered an ugly duckling. ↗

— Eartha Kitt

#i #ugly

As the President reviewed the state of the union and unveiled his second-term agenda, he fell short of adequately explaining how he intends to set America back on the course of fiscal responsibility and secure the fiscal health of the nation. ↗

— Ron Kind

#agenda #america #back #course #explaining

In a time of serious budget deficits, immense war costs and a sluggish economy, we cannot afford to grant such outlandish subsidies to some of our Nation's largest corporations. ↗

— Ron Kind

#budget #budget deficits #cannot #corporations #costs

I've never called President Obama a racist. I love President Obama. I pray for him all the time. God loves President Obama. God loves you. And God loves me. ↗

— Alveda King

#god #him #i #i love #love

If Senator Obama becomes pro-life then I'll consider giving him my vote. ↗

— Alveda King

#consider #giving #him #i #obama

I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love all parts of the sport. I love the business side. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#coaching #grass-roots #i #i love #love

It is very hard to be a female leader. While it is assumed that any man, no matter how tough, has a soft side... and female leader is assumed to be one-dimensional. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#assumed #female #hard #how #leader

There is a downside to having one of the biggest-selling albums ever. ↗

— Carole King

#downside #ever #having

I've given up on trying to explain myself, or trying to set the record straight, or trying to get people to understand what I'm really like as a man, outside of my acting, outside of my job. ↗

— Bruce Willis

#explain #get #given #i #job

The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#because #cannot #catharsis #defeat #emotional