#mats

I didn't want to be told what to do. I don't want to water down my music to fit into their formats. I know what rock and roll is to me, but everything's turning into one big commercial. ↗

— Chris Robinson

#commercial #down #everything #fit #formats

I don't write songs thinking about formats, where is it going to get played, who am I gonna please, what's the outlet for it. ↗

— Kid Rock

#am #formats #get #going #gonna

Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week. ↗

— Will Rogers

#diplomats #essential #fall #finishing #flat

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me. ↗

— Camillo di Cavour

#believe #deceiving #diplomats #discovered #i

The meals were served in a large hall, in which Moctezuma was accustomed to eat, and the dishes quite filled the room, which was covered with mats and kept very clean. ↗

— Hernando Cortes

#clean #covered #dishes #eat #filled

Diplomats were invented simply to waste time. ↗

— David Lloyd George

#invented #simply #time #waste #waste time

Formats are going to change because this is what the people want. It's not what the labels want. ↗

— Nikki Sixx

#change #formats #going #labels #people

It's interesting that there are only two groups of people in our country who are not held accountable for their behavior or decisions. One is exempted by the constitution, and that is foreign diplomats. The other, through a loophole, is HMOs. ↗

— Debbie Stabenow

#behavior #constitution #country #decisions #diplomats

I remember when I was coming up, the music stores where you could get guitar strings was where I got my records from. Now the place where you get your records from is where you can get your DJ mats and your mixers. ↗

— Jam Master Jay

#could #dj #get #got #guitar

I have spent time discussing the American political system and current events in Taiwan with the junior diplomats, and they have repeatedly expressed their country's desire to avoid confrontation with China. ↗

— Michael K. Simpson

#avoid #china #confrontation #country #current