#ric

Everybody gets everything handed to them. The rich inherit it. I don't mean just inheritance of money. I mean what people take for granted among the middle and upper classes, which is nepotism, the old-boy network. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#classes #everybody #everything #gets #granted

The joint lubrication was not what it was when I was competing, and I decided that not having arthritis or rheumatism for the rest of my life was a lot more important to me than returning to the track. ↗

— Edwin Moses

#competing #decided #having #i #important

The Constitution, as originally drawn, made no reference to the fact that all Americans wre considered equal members of society. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#considered #constitution #drawn #equal #fact

Oh, man," said Jack. "Everyone was nice to us when we looked rich. Now it feels like the whole world's against us. ↗

— Mary Pope Osborne

#rich #victorian-age #age

You're surrounded by electronic music in New York. I mean New York is one of the few places in North America where electronic music is the prevalent form. ↗

— Bob Mould

#electronic #electronic music #few #form #i

When we make college more affordable, we make the American dream more achievable. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#american #american dream #college #dream #make

According to Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism chief, Bush was so obsessed with Iraq that he failed to take action against Osama Bin Laden despite repeated warnings from his intelligence experts. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

#action #against #bin #bush #chief

America's corporate and political elites now form a regime of their own and they're privatizing democracy. All the benefits - the tax cuts, policies and rewards flow in one direction: up. ↗

— Bill Moyers

#benefits #corporate #cuts #democracy #direction

A servant of God has but one Master. It ill becomes the servant to seek to be rich, and great, and honored in that world where his Lord was poor, and mean, and despised. ↗

— George Muller

#despised #god #great #his #honored

There are a lot of female artists my age around at the moment, but they're all American and blonde and blue-eyed and smiley. I'm totally the opposite of that. I want to show a bit more attitude and I have an opinion. ↗

— Samantha Mumba

#american #around #artists #attitude #bit