#eli

The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive of one without the other. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#conceive #impossible #intimately #liberty #make

Organized religion is the school of hate, and never more exultant in its righteous indignation than when it talks about gay and lesbian. In America the unholy alliance between the know-nothing fundamentalists and the Catholic hierarchy keeps the faithful whipped up to a frenzy of witch-hunting and fag-bashing. ↗

— Paul Monette

#glbt #hate #homophobia #religion #faith

The best thing is being able to perform in front of people and to express my feelings, whatever they may be at the time. Just to be able to make the world a happier place to be. ↗

— Tanya Tucker

#being #best #express #feelings #front

He did not seek to assume the mantle of Elijah, to shed a light of the future upon the misty turmoil of events or resolve the prevailing light into a single flame; there was in him nothing of the prophet or the mystic. He was a simple soul who loved, and that was all. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#faith #faith

I do believe that there are some universal cognitive tasks that are deep and profound - indeed, so deep and profound that it is worthwhile to understand them in order to design our displays in accord with those tasks. ↗

— Edward Tufte

#believe #cognitive #deep #design #displays

I'm a firm believer that actors take to work who they aren't at home. People show their other self in their art or in their work. ↗

— Robin Tunney

#believer #firm #firm believer #home #i

Upon awakening in the morning, I wondered if the proceedings of the night before had been a dream. It was hard to believe that I was the world's heavyweight champion. ↗

— Gene Tunney

#been #before #believe #champion #dream

There are some moments in life, some feelings; one can only point to them and pass by. ↗

— Ivan Turgenev

#life #moments #only #pass #point

People without firmness of character love to make up a fate for themselves; that relieves them of the necessity of having their own will and of taking responsibility for themselves. ↗

— Ivan Turgenev

#fate #firmness #having #love #make

Modeling is a profession where your worth is tied up with looks. ↗

— Christy Turlington

#modeling #profession #tied #up #where