#tar

Rappers make what's in, in. If we want to bring back something like Jordache, we just say it and the girls start wearing it. We have a lot of pull. ↗

— Nelly

#bring #just #like #lot #make

As long as a population can be induced to believe in a supernatural hereafter, it can be oppressed and controlled. People will put up with all sorts of tyranny, poverty, and painful treatment if they're convinced that they'll eventually escape to some resort in the sky where lifeguards are superfluous and the pool never closes. Moreover, the faithful are usually willing to risk their skins in whatever military adventure their government may currently be promoting. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#heaven #military #religion #tyranny #war

Even the superstars need to be coached once in awhile. ↗

— Adam Oates

#coached #even #need #once #superstars

To the person that deals in visualizations, I suppose there is something rather exciting about a whole set of people - they all going symmetrically, up or down, in a military sort of precision. ↗

— Leo Ornstein

#deals #down #exciting #going #i

As a former veteran, I understand the needs of veterans, and have been clear - we will work together, stand together with the Administration, but we will also question their policies when they shortchange veterans and military retirees. ↗

— Solomon Ortiz

#also #been #clear #former #i

I started reading the Bible. All of a sudden the words jumped off the page and became real. ↗

— Austin Peck

#bible #i #jumped #off #page

It's indeed surprising that replacing the elementary particle with a string leads to such a big change in things. I'm tempted to say that it has to do with the fuzziness it introduces. ↗

— Edward Witten

#big change #change #elementary #fuzziness #i

The president and I sat down in the Oval Office, and he expressed very clearly that what he wants from me is my best professional military advice. ↗

— David Petraeus

#best #clearly #down #expressed #i

It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy. ↗

— Khaleda Zia

#decency #having #impossible #parliamentary #patience

When I first started all this, it was mostly music fans that came along, Stones fans. But now, I'm being taken seriously. I've got highfalutin' art collectors and everything! ↗

— Ron Wood

#art #being #came #collectors #everything