#trans

In October, 1865, occurred what was, in my eyes, the greatest event in the history of the observatory. The new transit circle arrived from Berlin in its boxes. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

#berlin #boxes #circle #event #eyes

One of the others shouted a translation: "The beautiful couple is beautiful. ↗

— John Green

#dutch #love #translation #beauty

And those are the Rich, who transmit what they have to their Posterity; whereby particular Families become rich; and of such are compounded Cities, Countries, Nations, etc. ↗

— Dudley North

#cities #compounded #countries #etc #families

The transformation scene, where man is becoming insect and insect has become at least man and beyond that - a flying, godlike, shimmering, diaphanous, beautiful creature. ↗

— Michael O'Donoghue

#become #becoming #beyond #creature #flying

Britain is a textbook case of how growing inequality leads to economic crisis. The years before the crash were marked by a sharp rise in remortgaging and the growth of 0 percent balance transfer credit cards. By 2008 the UK had the highest ratio of household debt to GDP of any major economy. ↗

— Frances O'Grady

#balance #before #britain #cards #case

I think what you're seeing is a profound recognition on the part of the American people that gays and lesbians and transgender persons are our brothers, our sisters, our children, our cousins, our friends, our co-workers, and that they've got to be treated like every other American. And I think that principle will win out. ↗

— Barack Obama

#american people #brothers #children #co-workers #cousins

Now we do have many examples of transitional sequences. ↗

— George G. Simpson

#many #now #sequences #transitional

What I believe is that marriage is between a man and a woman, but what I also believe is that we have an obligation to make sure that gays and lesbians have the rights of citizenship that afford them visitations to hospitals, that allow them to be, to transfer property between partners, to make certain that they're not discriminated on the job. ↗

— Barack Obama

#allow #also #believe #between #certain

Community colleges play an important role in helping people transition between careers by providing the retooling they need to take on a new career. ↗

— Barack Obama

#career #careers #colleges #community #helping

I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right. ↗

— Barack Obama

#being #civil #civil right #i #i think