#ding

So the same cultural and political issues that divided us in 1968 are still dividing us. ↗

— Russell Banks

#divided #dividing #issues #political #political issues

Most people associate reading with laying on the beach. They don't see that it's crucial for a democracy! ↗

— David Baldacci

#beach #crucial #democracy #laying #most

A second characteristic of our time is the prevalence of nationalism. This is still spreading, affecting new communities, more peripheral regions and so-called backward peoples. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

#backward #characteristic #communities #more #nationalism

Read! When your baby is finally down for the night, pick up a juicy book like Eat, Pray, Love or Pride and Prejudice or my personal favorite, Understanding Sleep Disorders: Narcolepsy and Apnea; A Clinical Study. Taking some time to read each night really taught me how to feign narcolepsy when my husband asked me what my “plan” was for taking down the Christmas tree. ↗

— Tina Fey

#reading #love

We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours. ↗

— James Baldwin

#deeds #denied #even #experience #finding

I mean, first of all, let me say whichever superhero first came up with the idea of wearing a cape, he wasn't really onto anything good. The number of times I'm treading on that damn thing or I throw a punch and it ends up covering my whole head. It's really not practical. ↗

— Christian Bale

#came #cape #covering #damn #damn thing

I have this theory that, depending on your attitude, your life doesn't have to become this ridiculous charade that it seems so many people end up living. ↗

— Christian Bale

#become #depending #end #i #life

'3:10 to Yuma' was one that I just kept on talking and thinking about after reading it. And I think the reason is because, like in most Westerns, you have the very clear-cut bad-guy/good-guy, however, as the movie progresses, you kind of see that it's a very fine line that divides these two. ↗

— Christian Bale

#after #because #clear-cut #divides #fine

So, you know, I think the age of exploration is just beginning, not ending, on our planet. ↗

— Robert Ballard

#beginning #ending #exploration #i #i think

I'm a very loyal person and I allowed myself to be defined as somebody who was doing Gordon's bidding. I should have fought back harder to define myself at an earlier stage. ↗

— Ed Balls

#back #bidding #define #defined #doing