#tru

The U.S. must renounce any U.S. interest in constructing permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq. ↗

— Peter DeFazio

#bases #constructing #interest #iraq #military

I am saddened by how people treat one another and how we are so shut off from one another and how we judge one another, when the truth is, we are all one connected thing. We are all from the same exact molecules. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#another #connected #exact #how #i

I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound or what they mean, but even what they look like. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#even #how #i #just #juxtaposition

This principle is old, but true as fate, Kings may love treason, but the traitor hate. ↗

— Thomas Dekker

#hate #kings #love #may #old

The cello is such a melancholy instrument, such an isolated, miserable instrument. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#instrument #isolated #melancholy #miserable #such

When I was 20, I didn't give a damn about song construction. I just wanted to make as much noise and play as fast and as loud as possible. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#construction #damn #fast #give #i

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#consider #himself #man #property #public

I've been buying instruments and musical gear for a long time. ↗

— Jeff Tweedy

#buying #gear #i #instruments #long

Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our fathers have done them or our neighbors do them, and the same is true of a larger part than what we suspect of what we think. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#done #fathers #larger #most #neighbors

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#mastering #others #power #true #yourself