#fig

Washington is gripped by crab-in-the-bucket syndrome. And there's no cure in sight. Put a single crab in an uncovered bucket, and it will find a way to climb up and out on its own. Put a dozen crabs in a bucket, and 11 will fight with all their might to pull down the striver who attempts escape. ↗

— Michelle Malkin

#bucket #climb #crab #crabs #cure

While it was occasionally done here or there, nobody else had a figurehead like Walt doing it. Jack Warner wasn't on TV. Walt was the boss, but he had a real public profile and he used it to his advantage. And he became a household face. ↗

— Leonard Maltin

#became #boss #doing #done #else

I used to think I'd like to be a fireman - in fact, I still would - and the only drawback I could see was coming back to the firehouse, after a day of fighting fires, and still having to put in an eight-hour day writing. ↗

— David Mamet

#back #coming #could #day #drawback

It's been so long since I was in a real fight. ↗

— Method Man

#fight #i #long #real #since

Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, because the short-term objects of Communism would always correspond with the long-term objects of freedom movements. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#active role #always #because #colonial #communism

I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#cannot #fight #his #i #imagine

We must fight against negativeness - especially bureaucracy, corruption and wastefulness. ↗

— Nong Duc Manh

#bureaucracy #corruption #especially #fight #must

Everybody is sitting around saying, 'Well, jeez, we need somebody to solve this problem of bias.' That somebody is us. We all have to try to figure out a better way to get along. ↗

— Wilma Mankiller

#around #better #better way #bias #everybody

You are going to use this courtroom to kill me? I am going to fight for my life one way or another. You should let me do it with words. ↗

— Charles Manson

#another #courtroom #fight #going #i

And then there's all these other creeps that surround your band and suck off you like leeches and try to manipulate you and your business. You have to watch like a hawk. I'm always ready to fight. I see it very much as a battle. ↗

— Shirley Manson

#band #battle #business #creeps #fight