#ann

Democracy may mean something more than a theoretically absolute popular government, but it assuredly cannot mean anything less. ↗

— Herbert Croly

#anything #assuredly #cannot #democracy #government

For me, the first fact of human existence is the human body. But if you embrace the reality of the human body, you embrace mortality, and that is a very difficult thing for anything to do because the self-conscious mind cannot imagine non-existence. It's impossible to do. ↗

— David Cronenberg

#because #body #cannot #conscious mind #cult thing

It demonstrates to his simple mind in the most positive manner that we have no prejudice against him on account of his race, and that while he behaves himself he will be treated the same as a white man. ↗

— George Crook

#against #behaves #demonstrates #him #himself

To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worth while. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#chatter #discipline #education #feed #first

Modern morality and manners suppress all natural instincts, keep people ignorant of the facts of nature and make them fighting drunk on bogey tales. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#drunk #facts #fighting #ignorant #instincts

I still loved Granny. It flowed out of my chest. With Granny gone, where would my love go? ↗

— Jessica Maria Tuccelli

#death-of-a-loved-one #grandmothers #granny #love #death

Even though I have a nice house, nice family, the rest of my generation is still in South Central L.A. My cousins, my brothers, my sisters, they don't wanna move out. They don't want to and they don't have the means to sustain it. That's where my heart is and that's what I think about all the time. ↗

— Ice Cube

#brothers #central #cousins #even #family

You don't wanna mess up what you've done. It's like Jordan coming back: You're scared to mess up the legacy. ↗

— Ice Cube

#coming #done #jordan #legacy #like

South Central is just who I am. Even though I have a nice house, nice family, the rest of my generation is still in South Central L.A. My cousins, my brothers, my sisters, they don't wanna move out. ↗

— Ice Cube

#brothers #central #cousins #even #family

If we want to boost border security, we have to help law enforcement agencies beef up their resources to meet this demand. We cannot have one without the other. ↗

— Henry Cuellar

#beef #boost #border #border security #cannot