“All politicians are going to mask to some degree in order to present themselves in away they think will get them votes. What's different in Obama's case is that he's wearing a racial mask, this 'bargainer's' mask, and I think very effectively, whereby he gives whites the benefit of the doubt. He's essentially saying, 'I am going to presume you are not racist, if you won't hold my race against me.' So, his mask is a distinctly racial one.” IfsThinkingGivingDifferentOrderRaceCasesDoubtPoliticianDegreesBenefitsVoteMaskRacistBenefit Of The Doubt Author:Shelby Steele
“Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the pressure by fostering competitiveness.” GivingTogetherYoungScienceTurnsDegreesPressureUnprecedentedResearchersCompetitivenessSeclusionFostering Author:James D. Watson
“she was oppressed, she was overcome by her own felicity; and happily disposed as is the human mind to be easily familiarized with any change for the better, it required several hours to give sedateness to her spirits, or any degree of tranquillity to her heart.” GivingMindHumansHeartSpiritHoursDegreesOvercomingHuman MindOppressedFelicityChange For The BetterTranquillity Book:Sense and Sensibility: Top 100 Classic Novels Source: Sense and Sensibility: Top 100 Classic Novels
“The state can't give you freedom, and the state can't take it away. You're born with it, like your eyes, like your ears. Freedom is something you assume, then you wait for someone to try to take it away. The degree to which you resist is the degree to which you are free.” GivingTryingStatesEyeWaitingBornFreedomDegreesEarsAssuming Author:Utah Phillips
“Look," said Janet, irritated, "if the thing you liked best to do in the world was read, and somebody offered to pay you room and board and give you a liberal arts degree if you would just read for four years, wouldn't you do it?” IfsWorldGivingYearsLooksArtSaidRoomsPayFourDegreesBoardsFour YearsIrritatedLiberal ArtsArts Degrees Book:Tam Lin Source: Tam Lin