#erm

World War II... did not happen to everyone, but it happened to most. There were people from Germany who were throwing bombs at us. ↗

— Graham Chapman

#did #everyone #germany #happen #happened

The real problem at the moment is that the banks - because of their existing culture, which is frankly anti-business, obsession with short-term trading profits, not focusing on the long term - are throttling the recovery of British industry. ↗

— Vince Cable

#because #british #culture #existing #focusing

The serve, I think, is the most difficult, you know, in terms of coordination, because you got the two arms going, and you got to toss it up at the right time so. ↗

— Roger Federer

#because #coordination #difficult #going #got

You'll never see a good performance out of me, in terms of a character, when the camera isn't rolling. ↗

— Brendan Fehr

#character #good #me #never #out

To suggest that Quebecers willingly give up the chance to exercise fully their influence within the federal government would be to betray the historical role Quebec has always played in Confederation, and to undermine the legitimacy of their pride and ambitions. ↗

— Kim Campbell

#betray #chance #confederation #exercise #federal

My musical knowledge is so bad it's embarrassing. When composers discuss music with someone as primitive as myself, they have to talk about it in terms of senses and emotion, rather than keys and tempo. ↗

— Jane Campion

#bad #composers #discuss #embarrassing #emotion

I took four years off after 'In the Cut' because I wanted to see who I'd be without work. I even tried being a hermit in the wilderness in New Zealand. I stayed in a warden's hut two-and-a-half hours off the Routeburn Track through the fjords on the South Island. It was early winter, so there was no electricity or running water. ↗

— Jane Campion

#because #being #cut #early #electricity

I'm not saying that there's anything better than mated bliss at its best, but I'm saying that living alone is as good in its own way. But we haven't quite given ourselves permission to recognize that. ↗

— Barbara Feldon

#anything #best #better #bliss #given

I contend that it's impossible to read the Sermon on the Mount and not come out against capital punishment. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#capital #capital punishment #come #contend #i

These individuals on steroids, does it enhance their career, does it give them a little more strength, a little more stamina, a little more psychological edge? Absolutely. How do you determine what - what their stats would be without steroids? It's impossible to tell. ↗

— Jose Canseco

#career #determine #does #edge #enhance