#akin

We are ready to sacrifice our souls, our children and our families so as not to give up Iraq. We say this so no one will think that America is capable of breaking the will of the Iraqis with its weapons. ↗

— Saddam Hussein

#breaking #capable #children #families #give

The directing of a picture involves coming out of your individual loneliness and taking a controlling part in putting together a small world. A picture is made. You put a frame around it and move on. And one day you die. That is all there is to it. ↗

— John Huston

#coming #controlling #day #die #directing

If I would get an album out every eight months and if I would write songs that were more up-tempo and try to focus more on making singles, then I could probably get more attention. But I don't think the albums would be very fun to listen to, and it would be a drag for me. ↗

— Chris Isaak

#albums #attention #could #drag #eight

Printing ballots in multiple languages costs millions of dollars every year. It also discourages immigrants from integrating into American society and gaining the benefits that come from speaking English. ↗

— Ernest Istook

#american #american society #ballots #benefits #come

A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

#good #how #knowing #lie #portion

Why the fairy tale of Willie Mays making a brilliant World Series catch, and then dashing off to play stickball in the street with his teenage pals. That's baseball. So is the husky voice of a doomed Lou Gehrig saying, 'I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth.' ↗

— Ernie Harwell

#brilliant #catch #consider #doomed #earth

I will commit myself to making this state an even greater place to live, work and raise a family. I intend to reach out from border to border to hear first-hand from our citizens about their thoughts, concerns and ideas for our state. ↗

— Dave Heineman

#border #citizens #commit #concerns #even

The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake. ↗

— Meister Eckhart

#far #greater #inaction #making #mistake

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