#tens

In reality the workings of your governing system are opaque and covert, while hiding in the chattering spotlight of an ostensible transparency, even though the ultimate objective is clear. ↗

— Breyten Breytenbach

#clear #covert #even #governing #hiding

We have had a great depression in agriculture, caused mainly by several seasons of bad harvests, and some of our traders have suffered much from a too rapid extension in prosperous years. ↗

— John Bright

#bad #caused #depression #extension #great

The great art of films does not consist of descriptive movement of face and body but in the movements of thought and soul transmitted in a kind of intense isolation. ↗

— Louise Brooks

#body #consist #descriptive #does #face

Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics. ↗

— H. Rap Brown

#extension #politics #those #war #without

My company is an extension of me, so when I designed my stores I wanted people to feel that they were in my home. ↗

— Tory Burch

#designed #extension #feel #home #i

The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction of the vocal organs. ↗

— Edgar Rice Burroghs

#becomes #brain #conversations #direction #faculties

Our live show is a definite experience, since it's an extension of my albums. ↗

— Deana Carter

#definite #experience #extension #live #our

Can our mind evolve to be something other than an extension of our animal needs? ↗

— Julian Casablancas

#evolve #extension #mind #needs #other

It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#behind #common #common good #concentration #decisions

Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it. ↗

— Pablo Casals

#acts #basic #complicated #courage #deal