#us

Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

#behavior #bestowed #conceived #current #gift

The American character looks always as if it had just had a rather bad haircut, which gives it, in our eyes at any rate, a greater humanity than the European, which even among its beggars has an all too professional air. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

#always #american #among #any #bad

The labor of keeping house is labor in its most naked state, for labor is toil that never finishes, toil that has to be begun again the moment it is completed, toil that is destroyed and consumed by the life process. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

#begun #completed #consumed #destroyed #finishes

I think the reason I'm an actress is because I love playing kind of a more extreme people. ↗

— Melissa McCarthy

#because #extreme #i #i love #i think

Sometimes I wish I were just magically a size 6 and I never had to give it a single thought. ↗

— Melissa McCarthy

#had #i #i wish #just #magically

For many years, our Messianic Jewish brothers and sisters have paid a great price. Other Jews have rejected them, and the Christian church would require they walk away from their traditions to fit into the Gentile culture. We must face these past wrongs. ↗

— Bill McCartney

#brothers #christian #christian church #church #culture

I've never wanted just part of the package, part of the prize. I want it all! ↗

— Bill McCartney

#just #never #package #part #prize

I used to have six left feet. Now I only have one and a half left feet. ↗

— Jesse McCartney

#half #i #left #now #only

Music is my way of getting away from everything. It means a lot to me. ↗

— Jesse McCartney

#everything #getting #lot #me #means

I definitely caught a lot of backlash in my situation, not just from students but also from faculty, which was unfortunate, given that I was spending a lot of my time outside school working on a career, which a lot of people didn't really agree with. ↗

— Jesse McCartney

#also #backlash #career #caught #definitely