#lions

If half-black Barack Obama had decided years ago to call himself white - which his genes certainly entitled him to do - his story would have carried very different meaning. If millions of part-black people had followed him into whiteness, then the N.A.A.C.P. would be in true crisis. ↗

— Eric Liu

#barack #barack obama #call #carried #certainly

I think anybody would have to be with out common sense to think there weren't aliens. There are billions of planets, and I am convinced Earth is not the only one that's inhabited. It would be quite an ego trip to think that. I think about it all the time. ↗

— Sabrina Lloyd

#am #anybody #billions #common #common sense

According to the standard model billions of years ago some little quantum fluctuation, perhaps a slightly lower density of matter, maybe right where we're sitting right now, caused our galaxy to start collapsing around here. ↗

— Seth Lloyd

#ago #around #billions #caused #collapsing

Social Security not only helps Americans enjoy a secure retirement, it has also kept millions of Americans out of poverty. ↗

— Zoe Lofgren

#enjoy #helps #kept #millions #only

You're in front of an audience, but you're playing for a camera. There's this huge adrenaline rush, because you know that besides the audience in the studio, there are millions of people watching at home. ↗

— Jon Lovitz

#audience #because #besides #camera #front

Time! Joyless emblem of the greed of millions, robber of the best which earth can give. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#earth #emblem #give #greed #millions

A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at one time, where only hundreds will see it on the stage. ↗

— Bela Lugosi

#compensated #his #hundreds #knowledge #millions

When I joined the Communist movement in 1935 it was based upon the belief that mankind's future was to be found there. Certainly, millions who joined it the world over, like myself, didn't join it for profit. ↗

— Albert Maltz

#belief #certainly #communist #found #future

I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people. ↗

— Chuck Mangione

#brought #glad #i #i am #joy

Selling millions of albums is a sign you've infiltrated the culture. ↗

— Shirley Manson

#culture #millions #selling #sign #you