#some

The American economic, political, and social organization has given to its citizens the benefits of material prosperity, political liberty, and a wholesome natural equality; and this achievement is a gain, not only to Americans, but to the world and to civilization. ↗

— Herbert Croly

#american #benefits #citizens #civilization #economic

I never thought I was doing the same thing as directors like John Carpenter, George Romero, and sometimes even Hitchcock, even though I've been sometimes compared to those other guys. We're after different game. ↗

— David Cronenberg

#been #carpenter #compared #different #directors

If you will investigate all the Indian troubles, you will find that there is something wrong of this nature at the bottom of all of them, something relating to the supplies, or else a tardy and broken faith on the part of the general government. ↗

— George Crook

#broken #else #faith #find #general

An individual voice can be heard in a choir that otherwise sings in unison. This is something that is not excused. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

#excused #heard #individual #otherwise #sings

Just having the pain of being alive without anything else, whether it's good or bad. There's a lot of serious songs on the record, you know. That song is just about feeling like a fish out of water, feeling like you don't belong on the planet sometimes. ↗

— Jon Crosby

#alive #anything #bad #being #belong

Challenging someone is good. You need to do it. Sometimes they don't even realize you're doing it, like when you joke with a goalie, 'What's wrong today? You losing it?' ↗

— Sidney Crosby

#doing #even #good #joke #like

When I first started out all the attention could be a bit unnerving, especially when people stared. Now I find the best thing is to just relax. Being recognized is just something you have to get used to. ↗

— Tom Cruise

#being #best #bit #could #especially

One very important aspect of our contemporary musical culture - some might say the supremely important aspect - is its extension in the historical and geographical senses to a degree unknown in the past. ↗

— George Crumb

#contemporary #culture #degree #extension #geographical

I think there is something a little too self conscious about enjoying being an outsider. ↗

— Jhonen Vasquez

#being #conscious #enjoying #i #i think

A friend of mine, a Hispanic entrepreneur asked me a question sometime ago, he said, 'When is the last time you saw a Hispanic panhandler?' I think it's a great question. I'll tell you, in my life I've never once have seen a Hispanic panhandler, because in our community, it would be viewed as shameful to be out on the street begging. ↗

— Ted Cruz

#asked #because #begging #community #entrepreneur