#ty

Honesty has always been an integral part of my operation, really. ↗

— Russell Brand

#been #honesty #integral #operation #part

Obscenity comes from grime. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#obscenity

There is also the basic inequality of being born either with a natural talent or without one. Clever or stupid. No matter how much you try to argue against it, Dora, we are not born equal. All we can ever strive for is the equality of opportunity for those who have the ability to make the most of it. ↗

— Sally Wentworth

#inequality #socialism #equality

America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief; it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered. ↗

— Louis D. Brandeis

#advanced #america #belief #believed #differentiation

What would it be like to exist in a world without suffering? To have no needs, only desires? To be surrounded by so much beauty that you forget how ugly life is for everyone else? Who wouldn’t want that? Who wouldn’t be willing to fight for it? What the alumni did to get there – lie, cheat, steal, kill – I’m sure they’d all say it was worth it. And I bet they sleep soundly because they know that their nameless, faceless victims would have done the same thing. ↗

— Kirsten Miller

#realistic #beauty

The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of humanity. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#errors #humanity #inheritance #leaves #stream

However, I hope I am also judged on my accomplishments as an actor and not just on my pretty face! ↗

— Jonathan Brandis

#actor #also #am #face #hope

When the Crossfire paradigm loses its force, all that's left is a bunch of people with different views all sitting together in a room, wondering why they're all paying three bucks a gallon for gas, why they have no health insurance, why their tax rates are higher than Warren Buffet's. If we're all equally a bunch of suckers, how could any of us be worth hating? ↗

— Matt Taibbi

#culture #politics #equality

You can't borrow your way to prosperity. ↗

— Terry Branstad

#prosperity #way #you #your

Reality only reveals itself when it is illuminated by a ray of poetry. ↗

— Georges Braque

#itself #only #poetry #ray #reality