#progressive

I'm not telling people where to give money, but if there is to be a spotlight shed on me, then I'd like to direct that spotlight onto causes I think are worthy or onto interesting, progressive figures. ↗

— Scarlett Johansson

#direct #figures #give #i #i think

We have this really retro vibe and style of songwriting and, personally, I wasn't embracing the current state of music until I fell in love with hip-hop. It felt good to suddenly embrace where music was headed, and I think hip-hop is the best at that, because it feels so progressive and everybody wants to be the best. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#best #current #current state #embrace #embracing

Conventional wisdom on government's role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax; government transfer payments have become less progressive. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#become #conventional #conventional wisdom #federal #government

I'm a sci-fi girl. If I can have anything in life, I'd want tons of great science-fiction movies and stories. It's so progressive, beautiful, and imaginative. ↗

— Zoe Saldana

#beautiful #girl #great #i #i can

I didn't realize that television has gone through immense changes and has become very progressive. ↗

— Kiefer Sutherland

#changes #gone #i #immense #progressive

You can't understand Twenty-first-Century Politics with an Eighteenth-Century Brain. ↗

— George Lakoff

#george-lakeoff #humor-inspirational #political-humor #political-science #politics

France turned a deaf ear to the demands, but Ho had succeeded in attracting great publicity in progressive French circles to the situation in Indochina. ↗

— Wilfred Burchett

#circles #deaf #demands #ear #france

In fact, even the perception of a resurgence in crime can be enough to paralyze business momentum and destroy the sense of security that a vibrant and progressive city requires. ↗

— Alan Autry

#city #crime #destroy #enough #even

The most important phase of a child’s life was the beginning of it. He must be started right. ↗

— Caroline Pratt

#education #progressive-education #education

The Great War was a progressive revelation and disillusionment. ↗

— Ralph A. Cram

#great #great war #progressive #revelation #war