#ex

I do not deny that I planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness nor because I have any love of violence. I planned it as a result of a calm and sober assessment of the political situation that had arisen after many years of tyranny, exploitation and oppression of my people by the whites. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#any #arisen #assessment #because #calm

Hitting is an art, but not an exact science. ↗

— Rod Carew

#exact #exact science #hitting #science

1972 was a year of many pleasant and rewarding experiences for me: ↗

— Chuck Mangione

#many #me #pleasant #rewarding #rewarding experiences

Closest to the truth are those who deal lightly with it because they know it is inexhaustible. ↗

— Golo Mann

#closest #deal #inexhaustible #know #lightly

It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy, are to some extent contradictory. Logically considered, freedom and equality are mutually exclusive, just as society and the individual are mutually exclusive. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#considered #contradictory #democracy #equality #exclusive

Even institutions of State, such as the judiciary, were seriously weakened, to the extent that the citizenry justifiably feared a breakdown in law and order. The business community was hit by a slump in sales and confidence, leading to reduced earnings and loss of jobs. ↗

— Kamisese Mara

#business #business community #citizenry #community #confidence

I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing. ↗

— Katherine Mansfield

#always #comfort #explain #felt #great

There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#exist #only #person #subject #such

The time that people aren't expecting what's going to happen, I find that's the best time to really cause the damage that needs to be done. ↗

— Marilyn Manson

#best time #cause #damage #done #expecting

When they were small and my wife really had no other responsibilities, except taking care of the family and all of us, it wasn't that big a deal. It was fun. Hey, we're going to Moscow. We're going to Italy. We're going to Toronto. We're going to New York. ↗

— Joe Mantegna

#care #deal #except #family #fun