#til

Democracy still has a real hope and chance in Iraq, and true freedom in this country would be the greatest testament to those who gave their lives for it. ↗

— Mary Landrieu

#country #democracy #freedom #gave #greatest

The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#fairest #flower #manure #nature #roots

And the woman who could win the respect of man was often the woman who could knock him down with her bare fists and sit on him until he yelled for help. ↗

— Agnes Smedley

#could #down #fists #help #her

You get to where you kind of like it, and It's a habit That's hard to break. I still find myself sittin' in a cafe, like a pizza parlor. ↗

— Chris LeDoux

#cafe #find #get #habit #hard

No matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney. ↗

— Alfred Emanuel Smith

#how #matter #slice #still #thin

My dad liked a lot of Motown, but I didn't listen to it until my teenage years. ↗

— John Legend

#i #liked #listen #lot #motown

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. ↗