#stain

The growing tide of anti-Semitism shocks the conscious of everyone who values freedom, and the ugly, hateful acts particularly stain the character of democracies where liberty and religious freedom are supposed to be respected. ↗

— Mike Ferguson

#anti-semitism #character #conscious #democracies #everyone

Certainly being in California has encouraged a sustained commitment to rethinking the nature, purposes, and relevance of the contemporary arts, specifically music, for a society which by and large seems to manage quite well without them. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#being #california #certainly #commitment #contemporary

I started noticing how stained the pavements are in London. The pavements in Beverly Hills aren't used; in London, they're used for everything. It doesn't matter how much they're cleaned, they still reflect light. ↗

— Julie Christie

#beverly hills #cleaned #everything #hills #how

Any serious shift towards more sustainable societies has to include gender equality. ↗

— Helen Clark

#equality #gender #include #more #serious

There is also a marked global trend towards sustainable agriculture, building on traditional methods which use fewer chemical inputs, carefully manage soil and water resources, and work hand-in-hand with nature. ↗

— Helen Clark

#also #building #carefully #chemical #fewer

Well, we don't think for a moment that either the U.S. or Australia are out to damage the New Zealand economy, but if there were a sustained period in which they had a free-trade agreement and New Zealand didn't have that same arrangement with the States, that could be both trade- and investment-distorting. ↗

— Helen Clark

#arrangement #australia #both #could #damage

Each of us is carving a stone, erecting a column, or cutting a piece of stained glass in the construction of something much bigger than ourselves. ↗

— Adrienne Clarkson

#carving #column #construction #cutting #each

We have a moral responsibility to protect the earth and ensure that our children and grandchildren have a healthy and sustainable environment in which to live. ↗

— Jim Clyburn

#earth #ensure #environment #grandchildren #healthy

I came here as a practical man, to talk, not simply on the question of peace and war, but to treat another question which is of hardly less importance - the enormous and burdensome standing armaments which it is the practice of modern Governments to sustain in time of peace. ↗

— Richard Cobden

#armaments #burdensome #came #enormous #governments

So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning. ↗

— Aaron Copland

#expressive #form #give #human #human spirit