#us

Dissidents can't be dissidents forever; we are dissidents because we don't want to be dissidents. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#dissidents #forever #want

Without a sense of place the work is often reduced to a cry of voices in empty rooms, a literature of the self, at its best poetic music; at its worst a thin gruel of the ego. ↗

— William Kennedy

#cry #ego #empty #literature #music

Whether we are poor among the poorest, or less poor among the wealthier, let us stand proud and noteworthy, united and strong, comforted by our belonging to the Community of the Free Nations of our Planet. ↗

— Mathieu Kerekou

#belonging #comforted #community #free #free nations

I auditioned for the role of an angel in the Nativity play at school. I didn't get it. I auditioned for Mary; didn't get it. So I made up the character of the sheep who sat next to Baby Jesus. ↗

— Nicole Kidman

#auditioned #baby #character #get #i

In real life, there are names that surprise us because they don't seem to suit the person at all. ↗

— Krzysztof Kieslowski

#life #names #person #real #real life

I like to think that I'm not as ominous in real life. ↗

— Daniel Dae Kim

#life #like #ominous #real #real life

I wanted to use sports for social change. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#i #social #social change #sports #use

Now the only thing I miss about sex is the cigarette afterward. Next to the first one in the morning, it's the best one of all. It tasted so good that even if I had been frigid I would have pretended otherwise just to be able to smoke it. ↗

— Florence King

#about #been #best #cigarette #even

Good writers are in the business of leaving signposts saying, Tour my world, see and feel it through my eyes; I am your guide. ↗

— Larry King

#business #eyes #feel #good #guide

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#back #backs #bent #comes #continuous