#presents

Everything is relative. Is the Internet fast? Not for most people. Is it always on? Yes, for cable modem and DSL users but that represents a tiny percentage of users. ↗

— John Patrick

#cable #everything #fast #internet #modem

The '80s to me, more than anything else, represents a time of real criminal activity in the office of the president: an incredibly disparate economy in terms of the class distinctions and whatnot, and a tremendous shallowness - a lot of sort of bank robbery by executives. ↗

— Martha Plimpton

#anything #bank #bank robbery #class #class distinctions

Blackheart Records being 25 years old represents staying power and the fact that we weren't able to get a record out through conventional means, so we had to create this record company to put out our records if we wanted to be a band that had records to give out to their fans. ↗

— Joan Jett

#band #being #company #conventional #create

When I was the captain of a ship I never failed to bring my ship to port and I won't fail to bring Romania to safe harbor. The belief that the president no longer represents the people is false. ↗

— Traian Basescu

#bring #captain #fail #failed #false

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#efforts #governments #law #liberty #man

But the threat posed by the radical Islamists represents an unusual conflict, unlike any experienced by our nation before: we face an enemy that is not a state. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#before #conflict #enemy #experienced #face

In the fairy tale the painting represents the here and now. The book is actually divided into five sections, through which the key character, the muse, leads us. ↗

— Kit Williams

#book #character #divided #fairy #fairy tale

The time of illusion, then, is the beautiful moment of passion; it represents the artistic zone in which the poet or romance writer ought to be free to do the very best that he can. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

#beautiful #best #free #illusion #moment

But I also like to shower my parents with presents. I bought them a beautiful car and a house. ↗

— Eva Herzigova

#beautiful #bought #car #house #i

Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#also #always #every #every man #himself