#den

Never have things of the spirit counted for so little. Never has hatred for everything great been so manifest – disdain for beauty, execration of literature. I have always tried to live in an ivory tower, but a tide of shit is beating at its walls, threatening to undermine it. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#life #mankind #beauty

On several occasions, I discussed with Bill Clinton the subject of inquiries by the media about our relationship. He told me to continue to deny our relationship, that if we would stick together, everything would be okay. ↗

— Gennifer Flowers

#bill #bill clinton #clinton #continue #deny

It's amazing how fast generations lose sight of other generations. One of the first things the young composers who come to work with me say is that they want to write music people will like, instead of gaining their credentials by being rejected by the audience. ↗

— Carlisle Floyd

#audience #being #come #composers #credentials

People in very high places suddenly fall, and we are always surprised because we don't factor in the basic element that they're humans and, therefore, they are flawed and have weaknesses. ↗

— Carlisle Floyd

#basic #because #element #factor #fall

I was proud to share the stories of my friends at Georgetown Law who have suffered dire medical consequences because our student insurance does not cover contraception for the purpose of preventing pregnancy. ↗

— Sandra Fluke

#consequences #contraception #cover #dire #does

We've also seen another future we could choose. First of all, we'd have the right to choose. It's an America in which no one can charge us more than men for the exact same health insurance; in which no one can deny us affordable access to the cancer screenings that could save our lives; in which we decide when to start our families. ↗

— Sandra Fluke

#affordable #also #america #another #cancer

My job is to give the president and secretary of defense military advice before they know they need it. ↗

— John W. Vessey, Jr.

#before #defense #give #job #know

Given the best of all possible worlds, I would make a few changes. I would place emphasis on increasing the amount of funding that goes into programs like Pell Grants, that purely and simply award funds to students who really cannot afford full tuition. ↗

— Charles Vest

#amount #award #best #cannot #changes

Henry Fonda's son: That's how everybody identified me until Easy Rider came along. Good old Captain America. ↗

— Peter Fonda

#america #came #captain #captain america #easy

Put you energy into music. If it fails you, you can become an accountant or a dentist. And then if you become a dentist or an accountant, it's too late to become a musician afterwards. ↗

— Peter Tork

#afterwards #become #dentist #energy #fails