#akin

The career of a politician mainly consists in making one part of the nation do what it does not want to do, in order to please and satisfy the other part of the nation. ↗

— Auberon Herbert

#consists #does #mainly #making #nation

Four years ago in speaking of a Jewish nation one ran the risk of being regarded ridiculous. Today he makes himself ridiculous who denies the existence of a Jewish nation. ↗

— Theodor Herzl

#being #denies #existence #four #himself

And I hope very much that the ALP will become increasingly engaged in the international discussions that are taking place amongst centre-left parties generally. ↗

— Patricia Hewitt

#become #discussions #engaged #generally #hope

I love the grandiosity of Hollywood movies, and even in independents, I love the canvas you can tell your story on. I love fiction filmmaking, you really feel like you're creating something. ↗

— George Hickenlooper

#creating #even #feel #fiction #filmmaking

Watching television is like taking black spray paint to your third eye. ↗

— Bill Hicks

#eye #like #paint #spray #taking

I think J.D. Salinger is correct in granting no interviews, and in making no speeches. ↗

— Patricia Highsmith

#granting #i #i think #interviews #making

People don't have fun making music all the time. ↗

— Ken Hill

#fun making #have fun #making #music #people

I was starstruck and completely confused; making a film of this story hadn't even occurred to me, and I hadn't written a single line of the book yet. I had no idea how this man knew anything about my book proposal. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#anything #book #completely #confused #even

I am not making spiteful assertions now but merely stating the facts-that, for instance, among Hungarian generals there is such a considerable percentage of men of German origin, who of course had, in most cases, to alter their names if they wanted to get anywhere. ↗

— Heinrich Himmler

#am #among #anywhere #assertions #cases

It's heartbreaking to see so many people trapped in a web of enforced idleness, deep debt, and gnawing self-doubt. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#deep #enforced #gnawing #heartbreaking #idleness