#tory

The following is a list of statements made many years ago by experts in their fields. At the time they were said they sounded intelligent. With the passing of time, they sound idiotic. ↗

— Sean Covey

#history #old-inaccurate-sayings #funny

We have inherited a fear of memories of slavery. It is as if to remember and acknowledge slavery would amount to our being consumed by it. As a matter of fact, in the popular black imagination, it is easier for us to construct ourselves as children of Africa, as the sons and daughters of kings and queens, and thereby ignore the Middle Passage and centuries of enforced servitude in the Americas. Although some of us might indeed be the descendants of African royalty, most of us are probably descendants of their subjects, the daughters and sons of African peasants or workers. ↗

— Angela Y. Davis

#denial #history #memory #slavery #imagination

It was suggested that I take a recording test. I passed, was liked and, well, you know the rest of the story. ↗

— Johnny Kidd

#know #liked #passed #recording #rest

I wondered how it could be that people could love God and hate one another. ↗

— Julie Orringer

#stations-of-the-cross #love

It isn’t about being at the same school or the same town or even the same room. It’s about being together. Love is a choice you make. ↗

— Kristin Hannah

#love-story #lovers #love

Love means never having to say your are sorry ↗

— Eric Segal

#love

...Aku ingin kau tahu, diam-diam, aku selalu menitipkan harapan yang sama ke dalam beribu-ribu rintik hujan: aku ingin hari depanku selalu bersamamu... ↗

— Yoana Dianika

#hujan #love-story #romantic #love

I’ve been thinking about that proof I spoke of last time – that you’re where you’re supposed to be. And it occurred to me, can you prove you’d be better off somewhere else? If you’d have left the state, your relationship would have ended still. Maybe you’d have even blamed yourself, not knowing that it was doomed because of him, either way. Instead, you’re here. You got dumped, skipped class, and met the best econ tutor at the university! Who knows, maybe I’ll make you fall in love with economics. ↗

— Tammara Webber

#funny #life #love #love-story #funny

In life, every ending is just the start of another story. ↗

— Julian Barnes

#story #love

I want to mass produce wretchedness. An unsatisfactory factory. Then I want to produce cologne and stench—at different ends of the production line. So it would be an olfactory factory. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny #olfactory #unsatisfactory #funny