#closed

Monopoly controls have been the exception in free societies; they have been the rule in closed societies. ↗

— Lawrence Lessig

#closed #controls #exception #free #free societies

When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open. ↗

— Bob Marley

#closed #door #know #open #you

I have absolutely no idea what my generation did to enrich our democracy. We dropped the ball. We entered a period of complacency and closed our eyes to the public corruption of our democracy. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#ball #closed #complacency #corruption #democracy

As far as I'm concerned, I'm now in the business of making spiritual records and using my voice for that purpose. I'm not going to be singing songs that I made in the past. I closed the door on that incarnation of Sinead O'Connor. ↗

— Sinead O'Connor

#business #closed #concerned #connor #door

When your life changes and you become a more public person, in some ways you need to be a more closed person, you know? ↗

— Sandra Oh

#changes #closed #know #life #life changes

What we call barbecuing in this country is actually direct grilling. In many countries, it also means cooking in an enclosed box with a heat source, ideally wood, all year round. ↗

— Jamie Oliver

#also #box #call #cooking #countries

I've been looking forward to doing an album, but it's really sad to see how many doors have been closed because of the gay thing. I thought it was about the music. ↗

— Jai Rodriguez

#album #because #been #closed #doing

Those artists who say that somehow therapy or analysis will thwart their creativity are completely misinformed. It's absolutely the opposite: it opens closed doors. ↗

— Paul Schrader

#analysis #artists #closed #completely #creativity

The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong. ↗

— Herbert Spencer

#blind #complementary #disclosed #entirely #fact

I'm the type of woman you might say is too good. I'll massage a man's feet, have dinner cooked when he gets home. But once they leave, the door is closed, and the locks are changed. ↗

— Angie Stone

#closed #cooked #dinner #door #feet