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Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government. ↗

— Harold Washington

#american #american history #democracy #federal #federal government

So many struggled so that all of us could have a voice in this great democracy and live up to the first three words of our constitution: We the people. I love that phrase so much. Throughout our country's history, we've expanded the meaning of that phrase to include more and more of us. That's what it means to move forward. ↗

— Kerry Washington

#could #country #democracy #expanded #first

I don't need to hear Bill to go through a song. I need to hear Keith to go through a song. I know Bill will be playing what I'm playing anyway. I need to hear Keith because it's all there: the time, the chord changes, and all the licks you have to follow. ↗

— Charlie Watts

#because #bill #changes #chord #follow

When I was a kid I never learned to play. I actually got in bands through watching people play and copying them. ↗

— Charlie Watts

#bands #copying #got #i #kid

Pray always for all the learned, the oblique, the delicate. Let them not be quite forgotten at the throne of God when the simple come into their kingdom. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#come #delicate #forgotten #god #into

I go through a whole process with the actors first, building and creating characters, then I encourage them to sort of live in that character when they're in the screen. ↗

— Keenen Ivory Wayans

#character #characters #creating #encourage #first

I throw it all in there, Kung Fu, blaxploitation, horror. ↗

— Keenen Ivory Wayans

#i #kung #kung fu #throw

I always believe that to be the best, you have to smell like the best, dress like the best, act like the best. When you throw your trash in the garbage can, it has to be better than anybody else who ever threw trash in the garbage can. ↗

— Lil Wayne

#always #anybody #believe #best #better

I know it's an experience that I need to have if God's putting me through it. ↗

— Lil Wayne

#god #i #know #me #need

The Olympic Games are highly commercialised. They purport to follow the traditions of an ancient athletics competition, but today it is the commercial aspect that is most apparent. I have seen how, through sport, cities and corporations compete against each other for financial gain. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#ancient #apparent #aspect #athletics #cities