#terri

In modern Russia, you have no official, formal assessment of this past. Nobody in any Russian document has said that the policy of the Soviet government was criminal, that it was terrible. No one has ever said this. ↗

— Ryszard Kapuscinski

#assessment #criminal #document #ever #formal

Lebanon is restless, Syria got its walking papers, Egypt is scheduling elections with more than one candidate, and even Saudi Arabia, whose rulers are perhaps more terrified of women than rulers anywhere else in the world, allowed limited municipal elections. ↗

— Suzanne Fields

#anywhere #arabia #candidate #egypt #elections

There's the famous thing that the A&R man from the record company is supposed to do: He's supposed to come into the studio and listen to the songs you've been recording and then say, 'Guys, I don't hear any singles.' And then everybody falls into a terrible depression because you have to write one. ↗

— Jarvis Cocker

#any #because #been #come #company

The gay people I knew in real life were soft spoken and didn't want to call attention to themselves because they were terrified of exposing themselves, of people finding out that they're gay. ↗

— Chris Colfer

#because #call #exposing #finding #gay

I have this theory that people in Hollywood don't read. They read 'Vanity Fair' and then consider themselves terribly well read. I think I can basically write about anybody without getting caught. ↗

— Jackie Collins

#anybody #basically #caught #consider #fair

When I was at school, I was terrible at algebra and arithmetic, but I was always the best at English and literature. And acting, of course. ↗

— Joan Collins

#algebra #always #arithmetic #best #course

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#consists #dealing #difficult #difficult task #men

Though I'd have to say it was generally the guys in Detroit, as a group, that won the two Championships. They were terrific and I always look back very fondly. ↗

— Chuck Daly

#back #championships #detroit #fondly #generally

I used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I'm so depressed, or life is terrible. ↗

— Tony Curtis

#depression #friends #good #good friends #i

When I was in kindergarten, it took me like three months to learn how to spell my own name. But that's also not saying much considering I'm a terrible speller. ↗

— Matt Czuchry

#considering #how #i #kindergarten #learn