#ems

Looking back... it's hard to understand what all the fuss was about as things changed in just a few years. When you look at all the things that have happened in the world, it seems very small. ↗

— Zola Budd

#back #changed #few #fuss #happened

The problem with temptation is that you may not get another chance. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

#problems #temptation #temptation

It seems, though, that historically we have now reached a position in which Jews cannot legitimately be understood always and only as presumptive victims. ↗

— Judith Butler

#cannot #historically #jews #legitimately #now

The people ask much, often more than any government can give. We must resist the temptation to promise solutions to all problems. ↗

— Jane Byrne

#ask #give #government #more #much

If people can't deal with their problems, they numb themselves a little bit. ↗

— Kevin Nealon

#deal #little #little bit #numb #people

Eight years ago, I was drawn into Keats's world by Andrew Motion's biography. Soon I was reading back and forth between Keats's letters and his poems. The letters were fresh, intimate and irreverent, as though he were present and speaking. The Keats spell went very deep for me. ↗

— Jane Campion

#andrew #back #between #biography #deep

Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly figure it out and then practice deception themselves. ↗

— Elias Canetti

#child #children #consider #deceiving #deception

I had already developed inherited back problems. I had degenerative disk disease, a form of scoliosis, arthritis. And I truly believe that if it weren't for the use of steroids - I'm not saying steroids is for everyone, but in my case in general, if I have not used steroids, I mean, physically right now I'd probably be a wreck. ↗

— Jose Canseco

#arthritis #back #believe #case #developed

I wander around, get the lay of the land and try to imagine what kind of people would have lived there in that historical period. What would they eat? What kind of clothing would they wear? How did they shelter themselves? How did they get around? ↗

— James Welch

#clothing #did #eat #get #historical

It appears that Wall Street is not acting as a force for economic expansion, providing access to capital for companies that make things. Rather, it seems, Wall Street is using government bailouts to lever up. ↗

— Maria Cantwell

#acting #appears #bailouts #capital #companies