#patron

The stimulus was a case of political patronage, corporate welfare, and cronyism at their worst. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#corporate #patronage #political #stimulus #their

Let's get on our knees and pray. I don't know to whom. Is there a patron saint of ballistics gel? ↗

— Adam Savage

#get #i #knees #know #our

When you're kept by a patron you don't have to duke it out in the media marketplace for dollars and for readers. In some ways that's a blessing because it takes a lot of pressure off you. ↗

— David Talbot

#blessing #dollars #duke #kept #lot

Movies are my religion and God is my patron. I'm lucky enough to be in the position where I don't make movies to pay for my pool. When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it. ↗

— Quentin Tarantino

#enough #everything #god #i #like

After all this time?' 'Always,' said Snape. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#harry-potter #lily #lily-potter #love #memory

After all this time?" "Always," said Snape. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#lily #love #patronus #romance #snape

To single out a particular group and say we can't make a joke about them is almost a form of prejudice and it's kind of patronizing. ↗

— Sacha Baron Cohen

#almost #form #group #joke #kind

People were talking while I was playing, so I got up and left the stage. I've gotten to the point where I'm not really very patient with patrons rapping during the show. And the people were all nice and quiet when I cam back. ↗

— Bruce Hornsby

#cam #during #got #gotten #i

Patronymics were only added to a family heritage to obtain a dowry. Families kept one and squandered the other, but in the wrong order. ↗

— Bauvard

#family #funny #humor #patronymics #family

Handel's yearning for independence from the traditional chains of patronage and his persistence in monitoring his productions resulted with unique developments concerning Baroque 'opera seria'; however, paradoxically his personal obsession to obtain complete artistic freedom generated disastrous side-effects that eventually impeded the progress of opera in London. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#classical-music #composers #covent-garden #handel #london