#thou

My father was murdered when I was two. Duane, even though he was only a year and 18 days my elder, he became a father figure to me. I would have done anything for my brother - I loved him so much. ↗

— Gregg Allman

#became #brother #days #done #elder

Male privilege and entitlement are dying a very painful death; no one gives up power without a struggle. ↗

— Gloria Allred

#dying #entitlement #gives #male #painful

Even though I love my mother, I didn't want to make an idealized portrait of her. I'm fascinated more by her defects - they are funnier than her other qualities. ↗

— Pedro Almodovar

#even #fascinated #funnier #her #i

I've gotten my butt kicked by the best. Jet Li beat me up the best, but Steven Segal can still kick a good butt. It's a different kind of kicking, though. ↗

— Anthony Anderson

#best #different #different kind #good #gotten

Culture is to know the best that has been said and thought in the world. ↗

— Matthew Arnold

#best #culture #know #said #thought

An object is not first imagined or thought about and then expected or willed, but in being actively expected it is imagined as future and in being willed it is thought. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

#actively #being #expected #first #future

Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#evil #exist #good #whereas #without

Without bragging, I've been blessed to have five of the greatest statistical years for a running back. ↗

— Shaun Alexander

#been #blessed #bragging #five #greatest

Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. ↗

— James Lane Allen

#courage #greatest #honor #man #mind

Prior to September 11, we thought the world beyond our shores was one world of risk and the world in our continent was another world of risk. ↗