#ten

No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

#ankle #chain #end #fastened #fellow

I loved to read, but I always thought that the dream was too far away. The person who had written the book was a god, it wasn't a person. ↗

— Rita Dove

#away #book #dream #far #far away

There's an assumption in many of these cultures that these children are mentally retarded, when in fact they're not at all. I saw how the operation affects the child, as well as the child's family and often the village. ↗

— Roma Downey

#assumption #child #children #cultures #fact

In Wisconsin, We're at the forefront of research that might one day bring cures for diseases like Parkinsons and Alzheimers, and we must seize its great potential. ↗

— Jim Doyle

#cures #day #diseases #forefront #great

I do enjoy Gothic fiction or books about zombies if they are well written and I like vampires. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#books #enjoy #fiction #gothic #i

When I was a kid, if you didn't speak Irish, you really wanted to. And you played Gaelic games and you didn't pay any attention to what was happening in the outside world, because really, Ireland was the center of the universe. And I don't think that's the case anymore. Although, admittedly, it is the center of the universe. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#although #any #anymore #attention #because

I've looked at pictures that my mom has of me, from when I was four years old at the turntable. I'm there, reaching up to play the records. I feel like I was bred to do what I do. I've been into music, and listening to music and critiquing it, my whole life. ↗

— Dr. Dre

#bred #feel #four #i #i do

I had my moments when I got very frightened that I would not recover. ↗

— Fran Drescher

#frightened #got #had #i #moments

I have learned that to be with those I like is enough ↗

— Walt Whitman

#contentment #family #family

Every moment has infinite potential. Every new moment contains for you possibilities that you can't possibly imagine. Every day is a blank page that you could fill with the most beautiful drawings. ↗

— John C. Parkin

#chance #new-chance #potential #beauty