#rot

So far we have not convinced the Chinese authorities. My own brother was refused a visa on what was probably my last chance of seeing him when he was going around the world on a tour. Scott Nearing was similarly refused. ↗

— Anna Louise Strong

#authorities #brother #chance #chinese #convinced

I sent The World Well Lost to one editor who rejected it on sight, and then wrote a letter to every other editor in the field warning them against the story, and urging them to reject it on sight without reading it. ↗

— Theodore Sturgeon

#editor #every #field #i #letter

I wrote the very first stories in science fiction which dealt with homosexuality, The World Well Lost and Affair With a Green Monkey. ↗

— Theodore Sturgeon

#dealt #fiction #first #green #homosexuality

Because countries often have differing political and economic systems, agreements are needed to protect those invested in trade. ↗

— David Suzuki

#because #countries #differing #economic #invested

For the sake of our health, our children and grandchildren and even our economic well-being, we must make protecting the planet our top priority. ↗

— David Suzuki

#economic #even #grandchildren #health #make

The major gossip columnists were more concerned with protecting the industry than with gunning down sinners. ↗

— Gloria Swanson

#concerned #down #gossip #gunning #industry

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#except #innocent #itself #power #protect

I get so excited when a song I wrote that's very personal to me goes No. 1 and I look down and see people singing the words back to me. ↗

— Taylor Swift

#down #excited #get #goes #i

During the lifetime of Japan I became very neurotic, very paranoid. ↗

— David Sylvian

#during #i #japan #lifetime #neurotic

It wasn't my natural inclination to get into writing protest songs. ↗

— David Sylvian

#inclination #into #natural #natural inclination #protest