#ss

Nothing could be more insulting to me than the concept of civil rights. It means perpetual second-class citizenship for me and my kind. ↗

— James Meredith

#civil #civil rights #concept #could #insulting

Eurobonds are absolutely wrong. In order to bring about common interest rates, you need similar competitiveness levels, similar budget situations. You don't get them by collectivizing debts. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#absolutely #bring #budget #common #competitiveness

When you grow up on camera and in the public eye, you feel you have to put forth this image. I just took that to the extreme and there was a lot of pressure on me. ↗

— Shannon Miller

#extreme #eye #feel #forth #grow

It is the mission of the twentieth century to elucidate the irrational. ↗

— Maurice Merleau-Ponty

#elucidate #irrational #mission #twentieth #twentieth century

I wouldn't change one thing about my professional life, and I make it a point not to dwell on my mistakes. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#change #dwell #i #life #make

I've made a wonderful living playing that theatrical character - the professional brassy dame. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#dame #i #living #made #playing

Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#living #make #mom #point #point of view

Arthur Young's Reflexive Universe - fascinating but too schematic to fit into my scheme. The most I could hope for was a sense of the vocabulary and some possible images. ↗

— James Merrill

#could #fascinating #fit #hope #i

I don't think it's possible to have a wedding without it being stressful! ↗

— Debra Messing

#i #possible #stressful #think #wedding

And like the old stereotype, I overcame my shyness by making my friends laugh. ↗

— Paul Merton

#i #laugh #like #making #old