#ration

I've always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He is a great British institution and my generation grew up with the books and then Michael Horden's animations. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#because #books #british #eccentric #english

All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#characters #come #fit #i #initial

Great change doesn't come with official endorsement. ↗

— Patti Digh

#inspiration #life-paralysis #self-confidence #change

Health care reform, the marquee legislative accomplishment of the Obama administration's first term, was passed before we entered the world of divided government. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#administration #before #care #divided #entered

Imagine if investors in Wal-Mart really cared about bribery at that company's overseas operations or safety standards at its overseas manufacturing plants. If investors pulled their capital, corporate leaders would have to respond. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#bribery #capital #cared #company #corporate

Mitt Romney's primary season embrace of the social and economic agenda of the more rabid elements of his party doomed him, especially the shrill immigration rhetoric and the harshly insensitive theory that no additional sacrifice or contribution should be sought from those at the top. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#agenda #contribution #doomed #economic #elements

I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse. ↗

— Benjamin Spock

#dignity #harmony #his #i #inspiration

As Michigan's voice on the Senate Finance Committee and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, I will continue working to make sure the next generation of advanced technologies and alternative fuel vehicles are made right here in America. ↗

— Debbie Stabenow

#alternative #america #committee #continue #energy

The LPGA is basically corporate America's dinner party, and they can invite whomever they want. They're not ready for people getting up and making declarations. The bottom line is corporate America is pretty homophobic. ↗

— Hollis Stacy

#basically #bottom #bottom line #corporate #corporate america

I thought administration was the running of the office. The Xerox machine. Paying bills. ↗

— Lesley Stahl

#bills #i #machine #office #paying