#been

Obama had the audacity to say, 'I have unequivocally prohibited the use of torture by the United States.' Ladies and gentlemen, torture in the United States has always been illegal. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

#audacity #been #gentlemen #had #i

But I've been there and done that. I'm not trying to prove anything to anybody, and if somebody wants me to come, if they can afford what I ask, it's not as much as Madonna makes; not that I want what Madonna makes, but I was saying. ↗

— Abbey Lincoln

#anybody #anything #ask #been #come

I have never experienced being madly in love the way most people seem to have been, although it is not something I would miss. Instead I have had an enormous ability to love my children and my grandchildren and my great grandchildren. ↗

— Astrid Lindgren

#although #been #being #children #enormous

I would never have been a good scientist - my attention span was too short for that. ↗

— Octavia Butler

#attention span #been #good #i #never

I've never been a guy who had more than a toe in Hollywood anyway, so my toe is more easily lopped off than most. ↗

— Richard Linklater

#been #easily #guy #had #hollywood

Sometimes I'm asked by kids why I condemn marijuana when I haven't tried it. The greatest obstetricians in the world have never been pregnant. ↗

— Art Linkletter

#been #condemn #greatest #haven #i

I've always known and been interested in people who are a little bit off the norm. I like to call attention to the idea that they are there, that they are real people, not invisible. ↗

— Charles de Lint

#attention #been #bit #call #i

When one of my characters becomes aware of a magical element, it might be because the world is wider than we assume it to be, but it might also be a reminder to pay attention to what is here already, hidden only because it's been forgotten. ↗

— Charles de Lint

#also #assume #attention #aware #because

I have been a Republican since 1966. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#i #republican #since

There have been, in recent years, many Asian American pioneers in the public eye who've defied the condescendingly complimentary 'model minority' stereotype: actors like Lucy Liu, artists like Maya Lin, moguls like Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh. They are known, often admired. ↗

— Eric Liu

#american #artists #asian #asian american #been