#longer

Obama, he wouldn't have been in office without what happened to me and a lot of black people before me. He would never have been in that situation, no doubt in my mind. He would get there eventually, but it would have been a lot longer. So I am glad for what I went through. It opened the doors for a lot of people. ↗

— Rodney King

#been #before #black #doors #doubt

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free. ↗

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

#famous people #free #longer #moment #people

The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth. ↗

— James Thurber

#artists #become #depth #humor #longer

The Anarchists answer that the abolition of the State will leave in existence a defensive association, resting no longer on a compulsory but on a voluntary basis, which will restrain invaders by any means that may prove necessary. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

#answer #any #association #basis #compulsory

From my years of work with so many game show production companies and their producers I'm probably no longer eligible to be a contestant on any American game show. ↗

— Randy West

#any #companies #contestant #eligible #game

The mark of a good marriage is partnership and continuing to feel inspired by your spouse. I had that with Tao. But the end is not necessarily the tragedy. Staying in a relationship that is no longer working is the tragedy. Living unhappily - that's the tragedy. ↗

— Olivia Wilde

#end #feel #good #good marriage #had

There's lots of charity stuff that I can do. There are actually a million things to do here, but it would be very hard for me to stop going overseas, because I've been doing that for longer than I've been playing in the WNBA. ↗

— Sue Wicks

#because #been #charity #doing #going

If Broadway no longer seems behind the times or ahead of the times, it may be because there are no 'times' anymore, no prevailing Zeitgeist that sets the fashion, pace, and prevailing look. ↗

— James Wolcott

#anymore #because #behind #broadway #fashion

You will live your life secure in that you are no longer manipulated by what other people want you to do and be, but are directed by your own inner desires. ↗

— H. Stanley Judd

#directed #inner #life #live #longer

Interestingly, songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter. ↗

— Casey Kasem

#getting #interestingly #longer #now #short