#par

If Willie Nelson had been Rosa Parks, there never would have been a civil rights movement in this country, because he refuses to leave the back of the bus. ↗

— Kinky Friedman

#because #been #bus #civil #civil rights

And what does reward virtue? You think the communist commissar rewards virtue? You think a Hitler rewards virtue? You think, excuse me, if you'll pardon me, American presidents reward virtue? Do they choose their appointees on the basis of the virtue of the people appointed or on the basis of their political clout? ↗

— Milton Friedman

#appointed #basis #choose #clout #communist

The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent. ↗

— Erich Fromm

#away #become #child #fully #grow

In the Chili Peppers I'm a part of that world in a pretty big world and that's just the way it is. ↗

— John Frusciante

#chili #i #just #part #peppers

Now you watch the parades and processions of hopeful and despairing people walking outside your tomb. They are all looking for the answer to the problem you know so well. ↗

— Lynette Fromme

#despairing #hopeful #know #looking #now

In music you have people exposing this very vulnerable part of themselves, and you also have the lifestyle is so fast that oftentimes people search for whatever the easiest way to feel relaxed in the midst of all of it, or the easiest way to have energy. ↗

— John Frusciante

#easiest #easiest way #energy #exposing #fast

That's a very critical phase in customer service because you can start to really understand what part of customer service has value to customers and what part is bothering customers. ↗

— Sanjay Kumar

#bothering #critical #customer #customer service #customers

I wanted the players to feel like they were part of a family, to be conscious of that controlled togetherness as they made that slow entrance onto the field. It had a great psychological effect on the opposing team, too. They'd never seen anything like it. ↗

— Hayden Fry

#conscious #controlled #effect #entrance #family

I was always trying to find the balance between trying my best and being an incredible parent. I literally realized that it was chaos - but it was happy chaos. ↗

— Soleil Moon Frye

#balance #being #best #between #chaos

Finally Germany's attack on Russia seemed to confirm that Russia was not shirking and was prepared to carry out a foreign policy with the risk of war with Germany. ↗

— Klaus Fuchs

#carry #confirm #finally #foreign #foreign policy