“I know that plenty of folks have issues with Social Security, but I'd urge them to confront it on its own terms. Calling it a Ponzi scheme is misleading and does more to cloud the issue than it does to illuminate it. And yes, I do know that unless changes are made, the current system is unsustainable. But that doesn't mean it's fraud.” KnowsMeanDoeMadeSocialTermIssuesSecurityCallingCloudsFolksCurrentsPlentyUrgesFraudSchemesSocial SecurityMisleadPonzi Scheme Author:Mitchell Zuckoff
“There's a glorious sense of freedom in comedy, just allowing myself to tell jokes, allowing myself to interrupt myself and tell old African folk stories that I made up - or didn't - and Jamaican stories.” MadeStoriesLiteratureComedyJokesFolksGloriousAllowingJamaicans Author:Neil Gaiman
“The difference is that with fame comes a spotlight, one which has recently made it impossible to ignore the fact that more and more of those folks we place on pedestals aren't even pausing to consider an option other than lying.” MadeFactsLyingDifferencesImpossibleFameFolksMade ItSpotlightPedestalPausing Author:Michael Musto
“Over the centuries we have transformed the ancient myths and folk tales and made them into the fabric of our lives. Consciously and unconsciously we weave the narratives of myth and folk tale into our daily existence.” MadeExistenceOur LivesCenturyAncientFolksMythTalesNarrativeTransformedFabric Book:Fairy Tale as Myth/Myth as Fairy Tale Source: Fairy Tale as Myth/Myth as Fairy Tale
“Time will tell ... whether folks want to point and stare at the black woman filmmaker who made a certain kind of film, and pat her on the back, or if they want to actually roll up the sleeves and do a little bit of work so that there can be more of me coming through.” IfsWantKindLittlesMadeFilmCertainBitsBlackLittle BitFolksStaringFilmmakerBlack WomenSleevesTime Will Tell Author:Ava DuVernay
“I have nothing against a community that is made up of people who are Polish, or who are Czechoslovakians, or who are French Canadians or who are blacks trying to maintain the ethnic purity of their neighborhoods. This is a natural inclination... Government should not break up a neighborhood on a numerical basis. As soon as the Government does, the white folks flee.” PeopleShouldTryingDoeMadeGovernmentCommunityNaturalWhiteBreakBasesFolksPurityNeighborhoodInclinationPolish Author:Jimmy Carter
“Nothing so evil as money ever grew to be current among men. This lays cities low, this drives men from their homes, this trains and warps honest souls till they set themselves to works of shame; this still teaches folk to practise villainies, and to know every godless deed. But all the men who wrought this thing for hire have made it sure that, soon or late, they shall pay the price.” KnowsMenMadeStillsSoulHomeEvilPayCitiesTeachHonestHe ManGrewLateLowsShameLaysTrainFolksCurrentsDeedsMade ItPay The PricePractiseWarpVillainy Book:Antigone Source: Antigone
“People feel guilty enough at funerals without having more guilt heaped on. I would prefer a bighearted preacher giving my eulogy, someone inclined to widen heaven's doors. I don't want to leave folks wondering whether I made it.” PeopleWantGivingFeelsMadeEnoughHeavenWonderDoorsGuiltFolksGuiltyMade ItFuneralPreacherEulogy Book:For Everything a Season: Simple Musings on Living Well Source: For Everything a Season: Simple Musings on Living Well