#ale

I mean enormous pressure was brought to bear - Valerie Amos, Lady Amos, went round Africa with people from our intelligence services trying to press them. I had to make sure that we didn't promise a misuse of aid in a way that would be illegal. ↗

— Clare Short

#aid #bear #brought #enormous #enormous pressure

Almost six years ago, before I was given the incredible opportunity to be in 'Leaving Las Vegas,' I was going through a long period of artistic confusion. I'd spent years doing work that hadn't pushed me enough, and I was beginning to wonder if I had any talent. ↗

— Elisabeth Shue

#almost #any #artistic #before #beginning

I drew a picture on the back of a calendar in pencil. In those days they used to give out free calendars, I had no art paper, so I took whatever else I could. ↗

— Joe Shuster

#back #calendar #calendars #could #days

I brought a Border Collie back home to Vancouver from Wales - where some of my ancestors are from - and needed to challenge him in other ways than just being my pet. So I investigated sheep herding and took a few lessons, and decided I was probably learning more than my dog! ↗

— Jane Siberry

#back #being #border #brought #challenge

I see more people taking on the cloak of accountability, more people tiring of the blame game. If we are all connected and our actions in Australia affect us in Istanbul, then we are all to blame and all to be healers. We can't blame lawyers anymore for the 'liability' vs. common sense imbalance. ↗

— Jane Siberry

#actions #affect #anymore #australia #blame

Every day, three times per second, we produce the equivalent of the amount of data that the Library of Congress has in its entire print collection, right? But most of it is like cat videos on YouTube or 13-year-olds exchanging text messages about the next Twilight movie. ↗

— Nate Silver

#amount #cat #collection #congress #data

For the metropolis presents the peculiar conditions which are revealed to us as the opportunities and the stimuli for the development of both these ways of allocating roles to men. ↗

— Georg Simmel

#both #conditions #development #men #metropolis

I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing. ↗

— Paul Simon

#growing #hope #i #i can #major

I will be the Thai equivalent of Eddie the Eagle. ↗

— Vanessa Mae

#eddie #equivalent #i #thai #will

I don't know where to put whales. I'm sticking them here, but I don't have any reason for it. ↗

— George Gaylord Simpson

#here #i #know #put #reason