#owed

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

#allowed #class #decide #every #few

I just noticed recently that in one book after another I seem to find an excuse to find some character who, to put it idiotically simply, is allowed to talk crazy. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

#allowed #another #book #character #crazy

The big debate right now is if Saddam is alive or dead. He's dead, then he's alive, then dead, then alive. It's just confusing. Today they showed videotape, and Saddam was speaking at his own funeral. ↗

— David Letterman

#big #confusing #dead #debate #funeral

I don't think I'm allowed to talk about that. It is definitely not me. The role has been cast. ↗

— Mary Todd Lincoln

#allowed #been #cast #definitely #i

A series of rumors about my attitude, as well as derogatory remarks about myself and my family showed me that the personal resentment of the Detroit general manager toward me would make it impossible for me to continue playing hockey in Detroit. ↗

— Ted Lindsay

#attitude #continue #derogatory #detroit #family

I was in Asia and people asked me about being considered sex symbol. I don't know if that's good or not, because where I come from, sex isn't something you're allowed to talk about. ↗

— Bai Ling

#allowed #asia #asked #because #being

In some parts of Ireland the sleep which knows no waking is always followed by a wake which knows no sleeping. ↗

— Mary Wilson Little

#followed #ireland #knows #parts #sleep

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

The result showed that fortune helps the brave. ↗

— Titus Livius

#fortune #helps #result #showed

The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure. ↗

— John Locke

#author #bestowed #bible #blessings #children