#sm

I thought to myself, what is everyone's worst fear? Nuclear terrorism in America. ↗

— Nelson DeMille

#everyone #fear #i #myself #nuclear

In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently. ↗

— Harry A. Blackmun

#account #beyond #differently #equally #first

A blank wall of social and professional antagonism faces the woman physician that forms a situation of singular and painful loneliness, leaving her without support, respect or professional counsel. ↗

— Elizabeth Blackwell

#blank #counsel #faces #forms #her

And people are intrigued if I really am as grumpy in real life. People feel a bit let down if I'm laughing or smiling. ↗

— Jack Dee

#bit #down #feel #grumpy #i

One Saturday in 1984, I walked into my first AA meeting. I went regularly for six years and only stopped when I came to realize my underlying problem was not genuine alcoholism, but depression. ↗

— Jack Dee

#came #depression #first #genuine #i

And as we should all know by now, anytime you predict failure you have an excellent chance of being right. ↗

— Jeff Lindsay

#dexter #dexter-morgan #failure #morgan #pessimism

I have a real sense of optimism that we are revolutionizing the way we do politics in this country. ↗

— Joan Blades

#i #optimism #politics #real #real sense

On the other hand, the artist has much to do in the realm of color construction, which is so little explored and so obscure, and hardly dates back any farther than to the beginning of Impressionism. ↗

— Robert Delaunay

#artist #back #beginning #color #construction

People are a lot smarter than anyone gives them credit for being. ↗

— Ruben Blades

#being #credit #gives #lot #people

For me, socialism has always been about liberty and solidarity, but also about responsibility. ↗

— Jacques Delors

#also #always #been #liberty #me