#opposed

I was personally opposed to the death penalty, and yet I think I have probably asked for the death penalty more than most people in the United States. ↗

— Janet Reno

#death #death penalty #i #i think #more

Well, I guess my unease with that is... I'm always a little uneasy with that phrase - smooth jazz, as opposed to what? ↗

— David Sanborn

#guess #i #jazz #little #opposed

There's something in this country that is so opposed to understanding the complexity of children. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#complexity #country #opposed #something #understanding

A gentleman opposed to their enfranchisement once said to me, women have never produced anything of any value to the world. I told him the chief product of the women had been the men, and left it to him to decide whether the product was of any value. ↗

— Anna Howard Shaw

#anything #been #chief #decide #gentleman

When you explain to people what you're trying to do, as opposed to just making demands or delegating tasks, you can build instant trust, even if it's just for that short time you're on the phone. ↗

— Simon Sinek

#demands #even #explain #instant #just

After the Rodgers and Hammerstein revolution, songs became part of the story, as opposed to just entertainments in between comedy scenes. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#became #between #comedy #entertainments #hammerstein

The people currently in charge have forgotten the first principle of an open society, namely that we may be wrong and that there has to be free discussion. That it's possible to be opposed to the policies without being unpatriotic. ↗

— George Soros

#charge #currently #discussion #first #first principle

I've been trying to take this journey over the last four years of getting away from playing manipulative and villainous characters and playing characters that are affected by what happens to them as opposed to unaffected. ↗

— Kevin Spacey

#away #been #characters #four #getting

If I don't need the money, I don't work. I'm going to spend time with my family and friends, and I'm going to travel and read and listen to music and try to learn a little bit more about how to be a human being, as opposed to learning how to be somebody else. ↗

— James Spader

#being #bit #else #family #friends

I am opposed to anybody making a decision for you or me or anybody else about what health care plan we should have. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#am #anybody #care #decision #else