#tis

The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated by law. ↗

— James A. Garfield

#civil #civil service #law #never #placed

I thought the divorce statistics would never apply to me. I was beyond heartbroken when they did. But I got up and got on with it. I also kept my belief in marriage. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#apply #belief #beyond #did #divorce

I think as any artist you always want to grow; you always want to get better. ↗

— Brad Garrett

#any #artist #better #get #grow

It's like whether you're in a huge movie or you've just recorded an incredible album you've got to do the next thing, and that's part of being an artist. ↗

— Brad Garrett

#artist #being #got #huge #incredible

What people really should be able to be confident in is that the standards of music- making that classically trained musicians present is elite, it is the best and all of us as artists should be committed to that. ↗

— Lesley Garrett

#artists #best #classically #committed #confident

And given that there's been probably a ten-fold amount of information about terrorism through the media than there has about climate change; I think that's quite an interesting statistic. ↗

— Peter Garrett

#amount #been #change #climate #climate change

I always received much more satisfaction as a defense attorney in obtaining an acquittal for a client than I ever have as a D.A. in obtaining a conviction. All my interests and sympathies tend to be on the side of the individual as opposed to the state. ↗

— Jim Garrison

#always #attorney #client #conviction #defense

Being an artist means ceasing to take seriously that very serious person we are when we are not an artist. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

#being #ceasing #means #person #serious

Because Lincoln is so closely identified with what it is to be American, everyone wants to claim him, to rewrite his story to satisfy their own particular needs. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#because #claim #closely #everyone #him

Because Lincoln is so closely identified with what it is to be American, everyone wants to claim him, to rewrite his story to satisfy their own particular needs. For my own people, it was important to imagine him as the Great Emancipator, the Moses who led us out of slavery. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#because #claim #closely #everyone #great