#press

Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also true: language is what makes us human. It is a recourse against the meaningless noise and silence of nature and history. ↗

— Octavio Paz

#also #contrary #deprivation #expression #feeling

I just get the impression that everyone is willing me to succeed. ↗

— Stuart Pearce

#get #i #impression #just #me

I cannot think of anything more difficult than to say something which would be worthy of this impressive and, for me, memorable occasion, and of the ideals and purposes which inspired the Nobel Peace Award. ↗

— Lester B. Pearson

#award #cannot #difficult #i #ideals

Republicans support opening the floodgates to special interest money and suppressing the right to vote. It's just plain wrong. ↗

— Nancy Pelosi

#just #money #opening #plain #republicans

It was a lot of pressure, but I loved working with Tim and I loved working with Adrian. ↗

— Elizabeth Pena

#i #lot #loved #pressure #tim

Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world. ↗

— William Penn

#extinguishes #many #mind #much #natural

Just because I am a chef doesn't mean I don't rely on fast recipes. Indeed, we all have moments when, pressed for time, we'll use a can of tuna and a tomato for a first course. It's a question of choosing the right recipes for the rest of the menu. ↗

— Jacques Pepin

#because #chef #choosing #course #fast

Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all. ↗

— Pericles

#better #clearly #express #having #ideas

The present Arab uprising didn't stem from Israel. The old guard is trying to keep down the young chickens. The old guard is better organized. They may win elections, but unless they have a solution to poverty, to corruption, to oppression, they will not last. I am with the young people. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#arab #better #chickens #corruption #down

They thought that I was a man with reasonable judgment, so I was never under pressure from my parents; I could do whatever I wanted. I never had a negative word from them, nothing whatsoever. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#had #i #judgment #man #negative