#referred

The liberally educated person is one who is able to resist the easy and preferred answers, not because he is obstinate but because he knows others worthy of consideration. ↗

— Allan Bloom

#answers #because #consideration #easy #educated

I still like being in North of England and I keep a place there. But there are a lot of things about the Continent that are to be preferred. The social institutions work better, women have a better position in society and the food is another thing. ↗

— Andrew Eldritch

#another #being #better #continent #england

I have heard my fill of hurtful words. I think it's especially egregious when citizens like me, who point out abuses in their country, are referred to as 'do-gooders.' This is how a phrase that can be used to stop an argument dead becomes part of common usage. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#becomes #citizens #common #country #dead

I could never understand the attraction of Bette Davis. I always preferred Jane Russell. ↗

— Richard Griffiths

#attraction #bette #bette davis #could #davis

It costs so much to promote something these days that almost always safety is the preferred option, reference back to things which have been successful in the past. Also, people are simply not given the time to develop and find themselves and their audience as we were. ↗

— Peter Hammill

#also #always #audience #back #been

Dad and mom would have preferred that I be a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, or a great humanitarian. ↗

— Levon Helm

#doctor #great #humanitarian #i #lawyer

George Bush made a mistake when he referred to the Saddam Hussein regime as 'evil.' Every liberal and leftist knows how to titter at such black-and-white moral absolutism. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#black-and-white #bush #every #evil #george

I used to hate exposure situations. What is generally referred to as 'red carpet.' ↗

— Christoph Waltz

#exposure #generally #hate #i #red

What is generally referred to as American-style films are, in fact, studio productions. ↗

— Wim Wenders

#fact #films #generally #in fact #productions

I don't mind being, in the public context, referred to as the inventor of the World Wide Web. What I like is that image to be separate from private life, because celebrity damages private life. ↗

— Tim Berners Lee

#being #celebrity #context #damages #i