#removed

The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same. The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#access #cannot #far #privileged #removed

My dad was a bartender. My mom was a cashier, a maid and a stock clerk at K-Mart. They never made it big. They were never rich. And yet they were successful. Because just a few decades removed from hopelessness, they made possible for us all the things that had been impossible for them. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#because #been #big #clerk #dad

In government-directed economies, the collective takes priority over the individual. The moral ideal is equal results. That approach could not be further removed from the real world. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#collective #could #economies #equal #further

The artist himself is actually the subject in everything after, say, 1900. Eventually, art becomes so removed from the community that you have to know about the artist before you can even look at the painting, because there is a conceptual idea going on. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#actually #after #art #artist #because

I only made two studio movies, that was a long time ago and obviously I removed myself. I think some of that is geographical. I live in New York and I want to work there, it's as simple as that. ↗

— Campbell Scott

#geographical #i #i think #live #long

Nor was it only from the millions of slaves that chains had been removed; the whole nation had been in bondage; free speech had been suppressed. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

#bondage #chains #free #free speech #had

I found a religion that blended scientific reason with spiritual reality in a unifying faith far removed from the headlines of violence, destruction and terrorism. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#destruction #faith #far #found #headlines

I always hated my mole growing up. I even thought about having it removed. At the time I didn't do it because I thought it would hurt, and now I'm glad I didn't. ↗

— Niki Taylor

#always #because #even #glad #growing

The sinner will not confess, nor will the priest receive his confession, if the veil of secrecy is removed. ↗

— DeWitt Clinton

#confession #his #nor #priest #receive

Many a person who started out to conquer the world in shining army has ended up just getting along. The horse got tired, the army rusty. The goal was removed and unsure. ↗

— Robert A. Cook

#army #conquer #ended #getting #goal