#tan

In every commercial state, notwithstanding any pretension to equal rights, the exaltation of a few must depress the many. ↗

— Adam Ferguson

#commercial #depress #equal #equal rights #every

When I came there I found all my family gone, for the Indians had killed five people in the winter near that place, which frightened my wife and family away to Roanoke about 35 miles nearer in among the inhabitants, which I was informed of by an old man I met near the place. ↗

— Christopher Gist

#among #away #came #family #five

I veer away from trying to understand why I act. I just know I need to do it. ↗

— Ralph Fiennes

#away #i #just #know #need

I don't for the life of me understand how anybody could contemplate the results of the 2000 election in the US and say that electoral politics doesn't matter any more, and that Ralph Nader was right when he said there is no difference between the two parties. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#anybody #between #contemplate #could #difference

When I left Barcelona, staying in Spain was an important factor in my decision to join Madrid. I did not have to change country or learn a new language, adopt a different sort of lifestyle, and so on. ↗

— Luis Figo

#barcelona #change #country #decision #did

I first came to think about media and politics in the late 1960s, having observed some distortions up close, but since then I wouldn't say that my personal experience has remained an important motive for my writing about media. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#came #close #distortions #experience #first

There has been a huge advance in technology, which has improved the safety of the cars incredibly, but there are still some heavy crash impacts and in certain circumstances there is still the chance of fire today. ↗

— Jackie Stewart

#been #cars #certain #chance #circumstances

I engaged upon those activities because I believed that, in the dangerous circumstances which have been created in South Africa, it was my duty to do so. ↗

— Bram Fischer

#africa #because #been #believed #circumstances

I have two moods. One is Roy, rollicking Roy, the wild ride of a mood. And Pam, sediment Pam, who stands on the shore and sobs... Sometimes the tide is in, sometimes it's out. ↗

— Carrie Fisher

#mood #moods #out #pam #ride

Tanks come in two forms: the dangerous, deadly kind and the "liberating" kind. ↗

— Robert Fisk

#dangerous #deadly #forms #kind #liberating