#vin

It's a fantasy that we could have a president who could actually make choices based on what's right, rather than having to weigh the political fallout. But that's sort of what we're showing. And you can dream. ↗

— Geena Davis

#based #choices #could #dream #fallout

You know that I am living proof that the American Dream is real. Growing up, our congressman cut through government bureaucratic red tape to help my mom buy our first house. That's the kind of congressman I'll be. ↗

— Geoff Davis

#american #american dream #bureaucratic #buy #congressman

I'm doing my part, building plants at a record rate, having historic conservation levels. The only people not doing their part is the federal government that is siding with the energy companies against the interests of the people of California. ↗

— Gray Davis

#building #california #companies #conservation #doing

I've seen a lot of the United States, having stayed in so many different cities and towns for work. It's such a strange and fascinating country, and instead of learning about it through a textbook, I would rather discover its history and traditions and institutions through fiction and nonfiction writers. ↗

— Hope Davis

#cities #country #different #discover #fascinating

I feel like I'm waving the flag for musicianship, trying to bring back bands that can play. ↗

— Jonathan Davis

#bands #bring #feel #flag #i

My dad didn't want me to play guitar. He played piano, so I chose that. And I ended up loving it. ↗

— Gavin DeGraw

#dad #ended #guitar #i #loving

I went to Concord, a young woman from the backwoods, firm in belief that Emerson was the first of living men. He was the modern Moses who had talked with God apart and could interpret Him to us. ↗

— Rebecca Harding Davis

#belief #concord #could #emerson #firm

Sitting by the chimney corner as we grow old, the commonest things around us take on live meanings and hint at the difference between these driving times and the calm, slow moving days when we were young. ↗

— Rebecca Harding Davis

#between #calm #chimney #commonest #corner

Water is the driving force of all nature. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#driving force #force #nature #water

No doubt Western civilization has in the past been full of wars and revolutions, and the national elements in our culture, even when they were ignored, always provided an unconscious driving force of passion and aggressive self-assertion. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#always #been #civilization #culture #doubt