#selves

Why do the people humiliate themselves by voting? I didn't vote because I have dignity. If I had closed my nose and voted for one of them, I would spit on my own face. ↗

— Oriana Fallaci

#closed #dignity #face #had #humiliate

Self-righteous people can talk themselves into forgetting they are part of a civilization. They can then feed on that culture, bringing it down. It's happened many times in the past. It could happen to us. ↗

— David Brin

#civilization #could #culture #down #feed

I defend Israel's right to exist, to defend themselves, to not let themselves be exterminated a second time. ↗

— Oriana Fallaci

#exist #exterminated #i #israel #right

When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else. ↗

— David Brin

#always #comes #demand #else #everyone

You kind of hope that the events themselves are interesting. I think that's what you have to hope for, that on a broad level it's an interesting story. ↗

— Chester Brown

#events #hope #i #i think #interesting

So black people all across this country are uniting. They must unite, and they must organize themselves. ↗

— H. Rap Brown

#black #country #must #organize #people

We should always look upon ourselves as God's servants, placed in God's world, to do his work; and accordingly labour faithfully for him; not with a design to grow rich and great, but to glorify God, and do all the good we possibly can. ↗

— David Brainerd

#always #design #faithfully #glorify #god

Music and language are a vital element. We, as actors and directors, offer it to people who want to experience it. Sometimes the actual meaning is less important than the words themselves. ↗

— Kenneth Branagh

#directors #element #experience #important #language

The best actors, I think, have a childlike quality. They have a sort of an ability to lose themselves. There's still some silliness. ↗

— Kenneth Branagh

#best #childlike #i #i think #lose

The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can't do it all by themselves. ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

#been #carry #emperors #even #finest