#rub

I think Robbie Williams is an utter and complete prat. His last record was a pile of rubbish. ↗

— Pete Waterman

#his #i #i think #last #pile

All that self-expression has just created a generation of morons, hooked on an endless appetite for rubbish. ↗

— Vivienne Westwood

#created #endless #generation #hooked #just

It seems that almost every time a valuable natural resource is discovered in the world-whether it be diamonds, rubber, gold, oil, whatever-often what results is a tragedy for the country in which they are found. Making matters worse, the resulting riches from these resources rarely benefit the people of the country from which they come. ↗

— Edward Zwick

#benefit #come #country #diamonds #discovered

We should be able to time travel," he said. "Back to an age when society was kinder to the Rubenesque woman." "Hmph." I wasn't able to say much. "I'd love that. I love softness. Love curves. The more, the better." "D'you really?" "Why wouldn't I? Think of all the words associated with a bit of extra flesh. Generous. Ample. Voluptuous. Bountiful. Beautiful, sensual words. Contrast them with their opposites. Mean. Insufficient. Meager. Miserly." I snuffled into his velvet jerkin or doublet or whatever it was and looked up at him. "You should be a professional morale booster," I told him. "You're very kind to say all this but --" "Kind?" he burst out. "No, I'm not kind! I don't feel sorry for you. I want you. ↗

— Justine Elyot

#bigger-is-better #curvy-corset-cuties #curvy-heroine #rubenesque #age

Grub first, then ethics. ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

#first #grub #then

A plain, brown paper-wrapped package came in the mail recently. Upon opening it, I saw that it was a patchwork quilt about four feet by five feet. Many little scraps of cloth, carefully joined by loving hands. Two squares have suggestions of a black cassock and Roman white collar. The maker of the quilt states, “In its variety, I feel it denotes confusion and the world “mixed” up. There are dark spots for the dark times and bright squares, so, hopefully, some good and brightness will come in the future. The other pieces of cloth were of happy times, mothers and children, peaceful settings, happy things.” A note inside stated that she felt we were “scraps,”—the “scraps” that the abusive priests treated us like. They would use us as a scrap is used and then simply toss us aside. I was moved to tears. Holding it in my hands, I could almost feel others' pain and suffering, as I touched each panel. It is a magnificent work, worthy of a prize. I was deeply humbled by the receipt of the quilt. This woman got it; she really got it. This woman got it; she really got it. She has a deeper understanding of what we have gone through. It is rare. ↗

— Charles L. Bailey Jr.

#catholic-church #child-abuse #clergy-abuse #hope #pain

My dad, bless him, was a musician. And his dad had thought that his music was rubbish. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#dad #had #him #his #music

Actually, I didn't make the claim that Ruby follows the principle of least surprise. Someone felt the design of Ruby follows that philosophy, so they started saying that. I didn't bring that up, actually. ↗

— Yukihiro Matsumoto

#bring #claim #design #felt #follows

I didn't work hard to make Ruby perfect for everyone, because you feel differently from me. No language can be perfect for everyone. I tried to make Ruby perfect for me, but maybe it's not perfect for you. The perfect language for Guido van Rossum is probably Python. ↗

— Yukihiro Matsumoto

#differently #everyone #feel #hard #i

I've realised that when I don't play people who are complex I get very, very bored, and then lazy, and end up being rubbish. ↗

— Sienna Miller

#bored #complex #end #get #i