#act

I mean, in some cases with libel laws, you know, they can write things about people who have no course of action, because they can't afford to take legal action against them. ↗

— Elton John

#action #afford #against #because #cases

Fame attracts lunatics. ↗

— Elton John

#fame #lunatics

I was more ashamed that I couldn't work the washing machine than the fact that I was taking drugs. ↗

— Elton John

#fact #i #machine #more #taking

Well, I was making a record, and I had to choose a name, because they said, you know, you can't make a record under the name of Reg Dwight, because it's never going to - you know, it's not attractive enough. ↗

— Elton John

#because #choose #dwight #enough #going

Mostly this problem is contained in the fact that the US makes it so difficult for Canadians to get green cards (you heard it here), but if an American orchestra really wants a player, they have their ways. ↗

— Lara St. John

#canadians #cards #contained #difficult #fact

Normally, the same strange impulse which brings a crowd to an accident is present in the reaction to a concert in which something goes wrong. ↗

— Lara St. John

#brings #concert #crowd #goes #impulse

I'm always active in trying to educate people when it comes to eating animal products, testing on animals, and the health benefits of being vegan, although I'm probably not the best person to be talking about the latter at the moment. ↗

— Daniel Johns

#active #although #always #animal #animal products

Reactive arthritis is something I've been dealing with for nearly a year. ↗

— Daniel Johns

#been #dealing #i #nearly #reactive

But, in North Korea, it's just the opposite. There's one story. It's written by the Kim regime. And 23 million people are conscripted to be secondary characters. There, as a youth, your aptitude towards certain jobs is measured, and the rest of your life is dictated, whether you'll be a fisherman or a farmer or an opera singer. ↗

— Adam Johnson

#certain #characters #dictated #farmer #fisherman

I'd known that the visit would be highly scripted and that genuine interactions with citizens wouldn't be possible, since it's illegal for them to speak with foreigners. Still, I'd thought I'd had a unique look at North Korea, only to discover I was wrong. ↗

— Adam Johnson

#discover #foreigners #genuine #had #highly