#genuine

A lot of people resent that I've been in someone's life for 50 years. Why shouldn't people have an affection for me and what I've done? Didn't I have to be genuine for them to buy into what I did? There are children who grow up today who will not have that when they're 55 years old. With whom will they have it? Name an example for me. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#been #buy #children #did #done

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear. ↗

— Horace Mann

#death #different #different thing #during #fear

I claim that rape exists any time sexual intercourse occurs when it has not been initiated by the woman, out of her own genuine affection and desire. ↗

— Robin Morgan

#any #been #claim #desire #exists

The press never accepts at face value that the President is taking a certain action because he wants to create jobs or because he believes that it is in the best interests of the American people or that he is genuinely committed to making life better for people. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#action #american #american people #because #believes

It's not like I'm taking 20 grand from the shows. I mean there's no record label, so this is a genuine thing. And I think most people can see that. I think that anyone who knows me, knows I do things with integrity. ↗

— Mike Peters

#genuine #grand #i #i do #i think

A flourishing, morally credible media is a vital component in the maintenance of genuinely public talk, argument about common good. ↗

— Rowan D. Williams

#argument #common #common good #component #credible

The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#comes #end #final #genuine #loneliness

One should never be sexually involved with anyone one genuinely cares for. A sexual relationship guarantees a loss. ↗

— Mary Gordon

#cares #genuinely #guarantees #involved #loss

My function at Verve was that of a genuine producer in artists and repertoire. ↗

— Norman Granz

#function #genuine #producer #repertoire

Nevertheless, I resist cynicism and continue to believe in the possibilities for genuine democracy. ↗

— William Greider

#continue #cynicism #democracy #genuine #i