Realeza En Quotes & Sayings

But we also know that the very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the United States ... I think it is high time that we recognize the contribution of our forbearers who worked tirelessly - men like John Quincy Adams, who would not rest until slavery was extinguished in the country. — Michele Bachmann

I couldn't imagine living my life with another name. — Pete Postlethwaite

We aim above the mark to hit the mark. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

External explanations of black-white differences - discrimination or poverty, for example - seem to many to be more amenable to public policy than internal explanations such as culture. Those with this point of view tend to resist cultural explanations but there is yet another reason why some resist understanding the counterproductive effects of an anachronistic culture: Alternative explanations of economic and social lags provide a more satisfying ability to blame all such lags on the sins of others, such as racism or discrimination. Equally important, such external explanations require no painful internal changes in the black population but leave all changes to whites, who are seen as needing to be harangued, threatened, or otherwise forced to change.
In short, prevailing explanations provide an alibi for those who lag - and an alibi is for many an enormously valuable asset that they are unlikely to give up easily. — Thomas Sowell

Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail. — Jean Cocteau

When I was growing up, I never really knew my father. I didn't get to know my father until I was about 14 years old. — Cole Hauser

You cannot dance physically certain things. But look at tango dancers or flamenco or Japanese classical theater. You can, if you're smart enough and you collaborate with the right choreographers, you could really dance your age. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

I like down-to-earth people. — Amos Lee

What if
we just
acted like
everything
was easy? — Mary Anne Radmacher

Law is experience developed by reason and applied continually to further experience. — Roscoe Pound

My mother passed away, my marriage ended, and I moved. Those are some pretty big things to let go of. But I find that if you hold on to something too tightly, you strangle it and yourself. If you don't let go, and let things go through you, it's toxic - physically. — Ingrid Michaelson