#ang

Bricks could be used to feed the homeless. But why not use those bricks to build the homeless people homes? Oh yeah, because that’s not the sort of smart decision DC makes.
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— Jarod Kintz

#brick-and-blanket-iq-test #brick-and-blanket-responses #brick-and-blanket-test #brick-and-blanket-uses #funny

Russian is such a tough and complex language that I am happy enough to understand everything and read most things pretty well, but, without constant practice, my speech is not what I wish it was, and I would sooner write in crayon than write a letter in Russian. ↗

— David Remnick

#complex #constant #enough #everything #happy

It doesn't pay to say too much when you are mad enough to choke. For the word that stings the deepest is the word that is never spoke, Let the other fellow wrangle till the storm has blown away, then he'll do a heap of thinking about the things you didn't say. ↗

— Jules Renard

#away #blown #blown away #choke #deepest

I have a high regard for Native languages and the pivotal role they have played in our nation's history. ↗

— Rick Renzi

#history #i #languages #nation #native

I had to make a drastic change at Sun Records and I didn't really appreciate country music until I went there. ↗

— Charlie Rich

#change #country #country music #drastic #drastic change

You live in a deranged age, more deranged that usual, because in spite of great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing. ↗

— Walker Percy

#age #because #deranged #doing #faintest

If I could change on thing about myself, I would: Have better knees. Mine are shot because of injuries. You're only as good as your legs, whether you're an athlete or an actor. ↗

— William Petersen

#actor #athlete #because #better #change

When anger rushes unrestrained to action, like a hot steed, it stumbles on its way. The man of thought strikes deepest and strikes safely. ↗

— Richard Savage

#anger #deepest #hot #like #man

I can't change the world. I have to fix me. ↗

— Bijou Phillips

#change the world #fix #i #me #world

Metaphor is embodied in language. ↗

— Dennis Potter

#language #metaphor