I believe we can continue the Great Society while we fight in Vietnam.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Recitation: by Male by Female
With all the goodwill and local initiative in the world, we are not about to rewild anything until we change our way of thinking about our place in the creaturely world.
John Burnside
ChangeWorldThinkingPlaceWayOur
When our bodies are sick and people extend their sympathy, bring us soup, offer up solutions. When our minds are sick, people tend to shy away from you, be afraid, or call you outright crazy. I'm fascinated by the way society and individuals view mental illness, and most of my shorts comment on that.
Anna Akana
PeopleCrazySympathySocietySick
As a judge, when I saw veterans in legal trouble, I created the state's first veterans court to help them get treatment and get back on their feet.
Ann Callis
FeetLegalJudgeHelpBackTrouble
I keep trying to write happy endings, but my books always end on more of a bittersweet note of ambiguity.
Stephen McCauley
HappyEndTryingMoreWriteAlways
It is no light matter to put in jeopardy a single life when it is the very singularity of each life which underpins the idea of a just society.
Tom Stoppard
LifeLightSocietyMatterSingle
I hate not giving the people what they want.
Robin Thicke
HatePeopleGivingWant
It makes me nuts, the idea that if you put a political struggle at the heart of your book, then it has to be that the author - me - is trying in some way to push my views onto my readers.
Ruth Ozeki
HeartStruggleMeBookPushYou
Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there is a danger that we will become colonial servants of Hollywood. We need to maintain our own integrity.
Mike Leigh
IntegrityCompromiseTrueBecome
I know I didn't want to get caught up in the cycle of drugs and violence that was around me. Deep down inside, I felt there was something better outside the situation I was in.
Michael Oher
MeDeepBetterViolenceDownKnow
I have a lot of respect for His Majesty Juan Carlos. I call him Uncle Juan because he is an extraordinary person whom I have known for a long time.
Mohammed VI of Morocco
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When I'm writing, I'll just say random stuff that doesn't make sense, and then a certain word that I keep saying will stick out, and I'll write from there.
Jorja Smith
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Linda Georgian is a wonderful psychic. She can do amazing things.
Dionne Warwick
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