#dl

I'm no friend of Tony Blair's and I consider the Middle East policies of the United States and the UK fatal. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#consider #east #fatal #friend #i

There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey. ↗

— John Ruskin

#cannot #cheaper #consider #hardly #lawful

No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following an openly declared purpose, and preaching candidly beloved and trusted creeds. ↗

— John Ruskin

#any #beloved #candidly #creeds #dark

The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#far #friendly #happiness #hostile #interest

Movies have to handle time very efficiently. They're about stringing scenes together in the present. Novels aren't necessarily about that. ↗

— Richard Russo

#efficiently #handle #movies #necessarily #novels

It was really a pleasure to play someone who's literally pushed past her breaking point repeatedly. ↗

— Jeri Ryan

#her #literally #past #play #pleasure

Al-Jazeera should not go unanswered in the Middle East. ↗

— Kenneth Tomlinson

#go #middle #middle east #should #unanswered

I've been in this business for years and I'm still befuddled by the ways of this town. ↗

— Meg Ryan

#befuddled #business #i #still #town

We have a plan for a stronger middle class, with the goal of generating 12 million new jobs over the next four years. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#four #generating #goal #jobs #middle

What I'm concerned about is endless borrowing, which is going to compromise our economy not only today but in the future. Because we know the decisions we make right now really dramatically impact us in the future, and the debt is literally getting out of our control. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#because #borrowing #compromise #concerned #control