#sixties

The sixties were characterized by a heady belief in instantaneous solutions. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#characterized #heady #instantaneous #sixties #solutions

In housing in the fifties in Britain and the sixties, we pulled down the terraces - destroyed whole communities and replaced them with tower blocks and we built walkways that became rat-runs for muggers. That was the fashionable opinion. But it was wrong. ↗

— John Major

#blocks #britain #built #communities #destroyed

In the sixties and seventies you could probably name all the great comics. It was still special. ↗

— Marc Maron

#could #great #name #probably #seventies

The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#their #trouble #writers #young

I was trying to organise my DVDs into a sort of chronological order, and I am afraid that it all trailed off after the Sixties. ↗

— Paul Merton

#after #am #chronological #dvds #i

I think until Britain acknowledges just how much of a presence black people had here before the Sixties, then there are certain stories that are not going to be inclusive of what I have to offer. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#black #britain #certain #going #had

I was initially recruited while I was in business school back in the late sixties by the National Security Agency, the nation's largest and least understood spy organization; but ultimately I worked for private corporations. ↗

— John Perkins

#back #business #business school #corporations #i

I was a feminist in the Sixties, and can you imagine? The worst thing I could have done was to be in fashion. It was the most uncomfortable position. ↗

— Miuccia Prada

#done #fashion #feminist #i #imagine