#resent

The entertainment medium of film is particularly tuned to the present imaginations of people at large. A lot of fiction is intensely nostalgic. ↗

— J. G. Ballard

#fiction #film #imaginations #intensely #large

I'm not sure blogs are necessarily the best place to get a pulse on anything. People want to blog for a variety of reasons, and that may or may not be representative. ↗

— Steve Ballmer

#best #blog #blogs #get #i

We've got to ensure that the quality and the capability of these forces will be good enough to withstand the challenges that the insurgents and the terrorists will present to the new Iraqi government. ↗

— John Abizaid

#challenges #enough #ensure #forces #good

Mum loves me being famous! She is so excited and proud, as she had me so young and couldn't support me, so I am living her dream, it's sweeter for both of us. It's her 40th birthday soon and I'm going to buy her 40 presents. ↗

— Adele

#being #being famous #birthday #both #buy

Iranians defend and present their Islamic and Iranian identity to other people worldwide. ↗

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

#identity #iranian #iranians #islamic #other

I do not believe, given her past decisions and comments on the reasons to go to war in Iraq, that Dr. Rice will be able to represent the United States without a predetermined bias from the war. ↗

— Daniel Akaka

#believe #bias #comments #decisions #dr

I think that I do separate myself a fair amount. And I don't feel like I am representing women. That's up to however people interpret it once they sort of see it. ↗

— Joan Allen

#amount #fair #feel #however #i

My son was born somewhat late in my life and I just found myself really feeling like I didn't want to miss out on being a parent and being with him, and not wanting a situation where I was constantly pulled back and forth between being present, and having all these other pressures and considerations. ↗

— Karen Allen

#being #between #born #considerations #constantly

An espionage organization is a collector: it collects raw information. That gets processed by a machinery that is supposed to resolve its reliability, and to present a finished product. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

#collects #espionage #finished #finished product #gets

I sometimes feel that more lousy dishes are presented under the banner of pate than any other. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

#banner #dishes #feel #i #lousy