#sm

The populations of Central America are very, very small indeed, so that while no one was denying and this was one of the great debates we used to have, whose fault was it that there were communists were able to do so well down there, well, that wasn't the point. ↗

— John Negroponte

#america #central #communists #debates #denying

Well my briefing was that Honduras was a small and vulnerable country just back on the path towards democracy it was about to have just before I arrived, the first elections for a civilian president in more than 9 years. ↗

— John Negroponte

#arrived #back #before #briefing #civilian

Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will. ↗

— Jawaharlal Nehru

#dealt #determinism #free #free will #game

Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself. ↗

— Jawaharlal Nehru

#end #itself #means #socialism

Socialism is... not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social and economic problems. ↗

— Jawaharlal Nehru

#certain #economic #economic problems #life #only

The big shock of my life was Abstract Expressionism - Pollock, de Kooning, those guys. It changed my work. I was an academically trained student, and suddenly you could pour paint, smear it on, broom it on! ↗

— LeRoy Neiman

#academically #big #broom #changed #could

The businessman says 'If I don't do it first, somebody else will.' The artist says 'If I don't do it first, nobody else will.' ↗

— LeRoy Neiman

#businessman #else #first #i #nobody

I like to play small clubs. ↗

— Willie Nelson

#i #like #play #small

Ice T was just a pleasure to work with. He was a smart gentleman. ↗

— Judd Nelson

#ice #just #pleasure #smart #work

We set the town on fire and burned down every house as a warning to other small towns along the river. ↗

— Knute Nelson

#burned #down #every #fire #house