#stand

France can never accept that it is no longer a dominating power in the world of culture. This is true both of the French right and the French left. They keep thinking that Americans are primitive cowboys or farmers who do not understand anything. ↗

— Adam Michnik

#anything #both #cowboys #culture #dominating

Women leading means that Congress is working to create jobs, make quality child care more affordable and strengthen the middle class because we understand that America grows the economy and opportunity from the middle out, not the top down. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#america #because #care #child #child care

One thing that I feel very, very strongly is that we talk about Islamic countries, Islamic people, Islamic leaders, as either moderates or extremists. It's almost like there are only two categories of Muslims. And actually, that doesn't show respect. It shows lack of understanding of the diversity of Muslim thought. ↗

— David Miliband

#actually #almost #categories #countries #diversity

I've made apologies to people I needed to, but I can't apologise to people I don't know for things they don't understand. ↗

— Sienna Miller

#i #know #made #needed #people

I do think sometimes people get morally superior without understanding situations. ↗

— Sienna Miller

#i #i do #morally #people #situations

My encounters with racism are sort of second-hand situations where I might be standing around with a group of white friends and someone makes a comment that they wouldn't make at my family reunion. ↗

— Wentworth Miller

#comment #encounters #family #friends #group

When I was young, we were taught not to dunk. We were taught not to stand out from the rest of the team. It's different now. ↗

— Yao Ming

#dunk #i #now #out #rest

A successful life is one that is lived through understanding and pursuing one's own path, not chasing after the dreams of others. ↗

— Chin-Ning Chu

#chasing #dreams #life #lived #others

People have a fear of the unknown. Insects have different senses than us, different amount of limbs and their body structure is very different. It's hard for us to really relate to them and understand them. ↗

— Dominic Monaghan

#body #different #fear #hard #insects

If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused. ↗

— Walter F. Mondale

#everything #going #hopelessly #sure #understand