#yea

Therefore, the question is not whether such democratization is possible, but instead how to meet the yearning of the masses in the Middle East for democracy; in other words, how to achieve democratization in the Middle East. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

#democracy #democratization #east #how #in other words

I have spent far too many years trying to make everybody like me. It's not possible. People can say or think what they want. ↗

— Jeremy Jackson

#far #i #like #make #many

I'm human and I've played my butt off for ten years. I'm not a loafer, I'm not a jerk, I'm a baseball player. ↗

— Reggie Jackson

#baseball #baseball player #human #i #jerk

I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected. ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#cuz #four #gets #getting #gotta

I'm a good son, a good father, a good husband - I've been married to the same woman for 30 years. I'm a good friend. I finished college, I have my education, I donate money anonymously. So when people criticize the kind of characters that I play on screen, I go, 'You know, that's part of history.' ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#been #characters #college #criticize #donate

DURING the first years of my service in Dr. Flint's family, I was accustomed to share some indulgences with the children of my mistress. ↗

— Harriet Ann Jacobs

#children #dr #during #family #first

For years, my master had done his utmost to pollute my mind with foul images, and to destroy the pure principles inculcated by my grandmother, and the good mistress of my childhood. ↗

— Harriet Ann Jacobs

#destroy #done #foul #good #grandmother

I am not just a celebrity, I'm a human-rights advocate for the last 20 years. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#am #celebrity #human-rights #i #i am

During the first 10 years of my life, while my parents were married, I enjoyed a privileged upbringing. After their divorce, my life was difficult. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#difficult #divorce #during #enjoyed #first

I spent the first fourteen years of my life convinced that my looks were hideous. Adolescence is painful for everyone, I know, but mine was plain weird. ↗

— Uma Thurman

#adolescence #convinced #everyone #first #fourteen