In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it.
A. Philip Randolph
Recitation: by Male by Female
When my mother was sick, I found myself needing to put down in my journals all sorts of things - to try to understand them, and, I think, to try to remember them.
Meghan O'Rourke
MotherMyselfSickThinkRemember
If I live near a dancer or a painter, or a clarinet player comes from my neighborhood, I take some pleasure in that, feel a little more as if I come from someplace in particular.
Robert Pinsky
LiveFeelMorePleasureLittleTake
The real energy occurs in each connection between two people, which can bring about exponential returns.
Tom Rath
PeopleEnergyConnectionTwo People
My hope is always to be able to find well-written, interesting material with good people and then actually be able to get those jobs.
Joshua Jackson
GoodHopePeopleGood PeopleFind
I never paid, or intended to pay, $10,000, or any amount of money, to any player for knocking Kurt Warner, Brett Favre or any other player out of the 2009 Divisional playoff game, 2010 NFC Championship Game or any other game.
Jonathan Vilma
MoneyGameNeverPayOutPaid
The shooter's choice of Emanuel AME was most likely deliberate, given the church's storied history. It was the first African Methodist Episcopal church in the South, founded in 1818 by a group of men including Morris Brown, a prominent pastor, and Denmark Vesey, who would go on to lead a large, yet failed, slave revolt in Charleston.
Anthea Butler
HistoryMenChurchChoiceGoGroup
A greater persecution shall befall the Christian Church than has ever been in Africa, and will last until the year 1792, when there will be a revision of centuries.
Nostradamus
ChurchChristianYearWillAfrica
I'm a real rebel with a cause.
Nina Simone
RebelRealCause
You can be very successful but still struggling financially, and it looked like I'd have to take a year or two off and find whatever menial labouring work you can get as a middle-aged, unskilled bald man.
Richard Flanagan
WorkManYearYouFindBald
We only have so much energy for our work, for our relationships, for ourselves. A smart person understands this and guards it carefully. Meanwhile, idiots focus on marginal productivity hacks and gains while they leak out energy each passing day.
Ryan Holiday
WorkFocusDaySmartEnergyPerson
For me, who loves to draw and who loves to write and cannot choose between one or the other, the comic is the best form.
Marjane Satrapi
BestMeChooseWriteCannotBetween
I think great movies do promote conversation, great movies are honest, and great movies are sometimes polarizing.
Justin Simien
GreatThinkConversationSometimes
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