#pleas | Page 6 of 1845

The race problem in the United States is the type of unpleasant problem which we would rather do without but which refuses to be buried. ↗

— Charles Hamilton Houston

#problem #race #race problem #rather #refuses

Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me. ↗

— Zora Neale Hurston

#angry #any #beyond #company #deny

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#choose #deem #deems #him #invade

The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out.' It sounded great. The narcotic of it was so intense - it was pleasurable. I was like, 'You sound like a band.' Then I ended up spending the rest of my life trying to chase that initial high again. ↗

— Ian MacKaye

#band #chase #check #ended #ever

Please accept my resignation. I don't care to belong to any club that will have me as a member. ↗

— Groucho Marx

#any #belong #care #club #i

Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#go #into #me #more #music

Pleasure and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#ends #freedom #freedom from #only #pain

'Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures. ↗