#spot

The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#custom #despotism #everywhere #hindrance #human

I think if I get the training spot on, the equipment perfect and I'm in the right state of mind, I can get a result there from no competitive action. ↗

— David Millar

#competitive #equipment #get #i #i can

Having covered some half a hundred cities, towns, villages, and wide spots in the road during the last tow years, George and I fairly wallowed in the comfort of our own home base. ↗

— Martin Milner

#cities #comfort #covered #during #fairly

Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe. ↗

— Maria Mitchell

#look #only #spots #stars #take

I've gotten death threats, yes. I have. I think anytime you shine a spotlight on homosexuality or minorities and you try and say they are as normal or as worthy as acceptance as others, the people who are on the fringe don't like that and they will come after you. And they have come after me. ↗

— Ryan Murphy

#after #anytime #come #death #fringe

The difference is that with fame comes a spotlight, one which has recently made it impossible to ignore the fact that more and more of those folks we place on pedestals aren't even pausing to consider an option other than lying. ↗

— Michael Musto

#consider #difference #even #fact #fame

But if you can find that spot - I suppose it's like running - I used to be a swimmer and swim laps, and you just have to be there with what you're doing. ↗

— Bruce Nauman

#find #i #just #laps #like

And I hereby distinctly and emphatically declare that I consider myself, and earnestly desire to be considered by others, as utterly divested, now and during the rest of my life, of any such rights, the barbarous relics of a feudal, despotic system. ↗

— Robert Dale Owen

#barbarous #consider #considered #declare #desire

Freedom is contagious. That's why despots fear it so much. ↗

— Bill Owens

#despots #fear #freedom #much #why

Our liberal, New York/Washington-based media would never in a million years put Liberal Godfather Ted Kennedy on the spot about his clan's bad behavior, to whose lurid history he himself has contributed so much. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#bad #behavior #clan #contributed #godfather