#liam

When he died, Emerson was thought of as the representative American writer par excellence, and his point of view was still so potent that William James was honored to be asked to speak at a centenary celebration. ↗

— Howard Mumford Jones

#american writer #asked #celebration #died #emerson

More and more people in my country recognise the dangers of having their governors appointed by Putin and having no influence in parliament because Parliament today is also following instructions from Kremlin and no longer represents its people. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

#appointed #because #country #dangers #following

Russian Parliament today is a bunch of puppets that just fall in with the instructions from Kremlin. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

#fall #instructions #just #kremlin #parliament

The real political life in Russia unfortunately is not in the parliament but on the streets and in the media. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

#media #parliament #political #political life #real

I indeed had only one scene, one speech, one little speech, but it was with Robin Williams. ↗

— Charles Keating

#i #indeed #little #only #robin

Some members of both Houses have, it is true, been removed from their employments under the Crown; but were they ever told, either by me or by any other of his majesty's servants, that it was for opposing the measures of the administration in Parliament? ↗

— Robert Walpole

#any #been #both #crown #either

The public treasure has been duly applied to the uses to which it was appropriated by Parliament, and regular accounts have been annually laid before Parliament, of every article of expense. ↗

— Robert Walpole

#annually #applied #appropriated #article #been

I wanted to make comics that get at feelings that connect to the deepest moments of our lives, reading Tolstoy, Flaubert, Flannery O'Connor, Herman Melville, William Faulkner, Vladimir Nabokov and Carver to help gain the confidence to figure it out. I knew, however, the most doomed approach would be to simply create stories that felt 'literary.' ↗

— Chris Ware

#carver #comics #confidence #connect #connor

I had a lot of success from the start. I never really was tested for long periods of time. I got my first professional job while I was a senior in college. I signed with the William Morris Agency before I graduated. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#before #college #first #got #graduated

I think Robbie Williams is an utter and complete prat. His last record was a pile of rubbish. ↗

— Pete Waterman

#his #i #i think #last #pile