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Obviously, things can get derailed, particularly if, which looks more and more likely, you get a blow-up between Israel and Iran. I think that's a very real probability now. But barring some real blow-up, the U.S. economy will grow, after a slow first quarter, about 3, 3.5 percent this year, far better than it was in 2011. ↗

— Steve Forbes

#after #barring #better #between #economy

I don't mind doing interviews. I don't mind answering thoughtful questions. But I'm not thrilled about answering questions like, 'If you were being mugged, and you had a lightsaber in one pocket and a whip in the other, which would you use?' ↗

— Harrison Ford

#answering #being #doing #had #i

Bikes and planes aren't about going fast or having fun; they're toys, but serious ones. ↗

— Harrison Ford

#bikes #fast #fun #going #having

The great thing about this thing we call art is that it has no rules. ↗

— Kim Weston

#art #call #great #great thing #rules

Profits, like sausages... are esteemed most by those who know least about what goes into them. ↗

— Alvin Toffler

#esteemed #goes #into #know #least

In dealing with the China problem, the British and American side, which had particularly strong interests in China, should have based its judgments about the origins of the problem on direct observation of the actual circumstances at the time. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

#actual #american #based #british #china

I wish life was not so short, he thought. languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about. ↗

— J. R. R. Tolkien

#i #i wish #know #languages #life

I think there's a supreme power behind the whole thing, an intelligence. Look at all of the instincts of nature, both animals and plants, the very ingenious ways they survive. If you cut yourself, you don't have to think about it. ↗

— Clyde Tombaugh

#behind #both #cut #i #i think

I think the driving thing was curiosity about the universe. That fascinated me. I didn't think anything about being famous or anything like that, I was just interested in the concepts involved. ↗

— Clyde Tombaugh

#anything #being #being famous #concepts #curiosity

I used to think about how nice it would be to visit the planets. Of course, I didn't expect to see in my lifetime what has happened. I knew it would happen some day, but it came along faster than I at first thought. ↗

— Clyde Tombaugh

#along #came #course #day #expect