#amp

I like acting for now. But after seeing Apollo 13, what I really want to do is to be an astronaut. I'm dying to go to a space camp next summer! ↗

— Natalie Portman

#after #apollo #astronaut #camp #dying

My concern about Barack Obama is he ran a campaign in 2008 where he said we're going to bring people together and solve big problems. And he specifically talked about the need to reach across the aisle and deal with issues like the economy, which was obviously the top issue in 2008. It has not happened. ↗

— Rob Portman

#across #aisle #barack #barack obama #big

Economy's got to get moving, we've got to get the unemployment rate down. That may be the defining issue of the campaign. ↗

— Colin Powell

#defining #down #economy #get #got

Indeed, when all parties campaign effectively the overall effect is to push up voting rates, as you see in tight marginal seats or close general elections. That must be good for democracy. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#close #democracy #effect #effectively #elections

Both the velodrome and the Commonwealth swimming pool are open to the public and are frequently used by local schools and the local community. Over the last six years young people have been inspired to take up swimming and cycling more seriously; some of them are now coming through as Olympic champions or hopefuls. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#both #champions #coming #commonwealth #community

Team GB's success at the Beijing Olympics can, in part, be said to have been made in Manchester. For example, all the cycling medal winners trained at Manchester's velodrome, the National Cycling Centre. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#beijing #centre #cycling #example #for example

I have run a general election campaign pregnant and ran Ed Miliband's leadership campaign commuting to London with a new baby so I already have my system set up. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#baby #campaign #commuting #ed #election

In an era when party fundraising is badly tainted, dinners are a really good way of raising cash for campaigning. Lots of people giving very small amounts of money through ticket sales and raffle prizes: yes, it's much harder work than big donations, but I think it's a more democratic and transparent way of fundraising. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#big #campaigning #cash #democratic #dinners

There is no teaching to compare with example. ↗

— Robert Powell

#example #teaching

Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions, measurements, and statistics in order to be taken seriously. Yet most of the important things in life cannot be precisely defined or measured. Can we define or measure love, beauty, friendship, or decency, for example? ↗

— Dennis Prager

#beauty #cannot #decency #define #defined