#veil

The men and women cut their hair close round to the ears and eyes. The women, after the manner of the Parthians, cover their heads with a large white veil, folded together in the form of a crown. ↗

— Giraldus Cambrensis

#close #cover #crown #cut #ears

It isn't very nice to admit, but domestic violence has its uses. So raw and unleashed, it tears away the veil of civilization that comes between us as much as it makes life possible. A poor substitute for the sort of passion we like to extol perhaps, but real love shares more in common with hatred and rage than it does with geniality or politeness. ↗

— Lionel Shriver

#passion #tear #veil #violence #life

Last week in the Homeland Security Committee, Republicans were against port security; and today, one week after Democrats unveiled our Real Security Agenda, they're for it. ↗

— Jim Clyburn

#against #agenda #committee #democrats #homeland

There is no better illustration of that crisis than the fact that the president is openly violating our nation's laws by authorizing the NSA to engage in warrantless surveillance of U.S. citizens. ↗

— John Conyers

#better #citizens #crisis #engage #fact

There was the Door to which I found no key; There was the Veil through which I might see. ↗

— Edward Fitzgerald

#found #i #key #might #see

I did surveillance a lot, which sounds exciting, but it never was. ↗

— Miranda Lambert

#exciting #i #lot #never #sounds

The future is hidden by a dark impenetrable veil, and yet we struggle to pierce through it. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#future #hidden #impenetrable #pierce #struggle

Today we are searching for things in nature that are hidden behind the veil of appearance... We look for and paint this inner, spiritual side of nature. ↗

— Franz Marc

#behind #hidden #inner #look #nature

Surveillance induced morality: relics of cultural retardation. ↗

— Marc Maron

#induced #morality #relics #surveillance

Police in Washington D.C. are now using cameras to catch drivers who go through red lights. Many congressmen this week opposed the use of the red light cameras incorrectly assuming they were being used for surveillance at local brothels. ↗

— Dennis Miller

#being #being used #brothels #cameras #catch