#rote

I just want everyone to know that 20,000 gun laws in the United States are unconstitutional. They infringe on your right to protect your life, the lives of your loved ones, and your property. ↗

— Michael Badnarik

#gun #gun laws #i #infringe #just

He who prays five times a day is in the protection of God, and he who is protected by God cannot be harmed by anyone. ↗

— Abu Bakr

#cannot #day #five #god #harmed

I produced and directed a movie a couple years ago that won some awards that Samuel Goldwyn released called 'The Last Good Time'. I wrote, produced and directed it, but I wasn't in it. ↗

— Bob Balaban

#awards #called #couple #directed #good

It is only in his music, which Americans are able to admire because a protective sentimentality limits their understanding of it, that the Negro in America has been able to tell his story. ↗

— James Baldwin

#admire #america #because #been #his

But I remember the moment when my father died. I wasn't a very committed Catholic beforehand, but when that happened it suddenly all felt so obvious: I now believe religion is our attempt to find an explanation, for us to feel more protected. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#beforehand #believe #catholic #committed #died

Producing is so exciting because you can enable things to happen, whether it's like discovering a filmmaker who you're taking a chance on, protecting a battle and driving home at the end of the day just going, 'I'm so glad I stayed late at work and fought hard for that. Had my passion. Won that battle.' ↗

— Drew Barrymore

#because #chance #day #discovering #driving

Great dad. Yeah, he would ask me for money on birthdays and, you know, inappropriate times. And I just wrote him off like, 'You're not a father.' I just learned you cannot emotionally invest in people who are not attainable. ↗

— Drew Barrymore

#attainable #birthdays #cannot #dad #emotionally

You know, I was a community activist, so I'm used to standing out in front of an elected official's office and protesting. ↗

— Karen Bass

#community #elected #front #i #know

Protein has been intensely over-represented on the plate. Now, the garden should be the main drag for main courses. ↗

— Mario Batali

#courses #drag #garden #intensely #main

Under the Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Program, homes are independently verified to be measurably more energy efficient than average houses. ↗

— Melissa Bean

#agency #average #efficient #energy #environmental protection