#ark

China is investing in factories in Eastern Europe, not because their labor costs are lower, but because they want to be closer to their markets. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#china #closer #costs #eastern #eastern europe

Well, you have the public not wanting any new spending, you have the Republicans not wanting any new taxes, you have the Democrats not wanting any new spending cuts, you have the markets not wanting any new borrowing, and you have the economists wanting all of the above. And that leads to paralysis. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#any #borrowing #cuts #democrats #economists

Dick Clarke, who was head of counter-terrorism in the National Security Council, pushed constantly for the Principals Committee, which is the key national security group of top officials to take up the issue of terrorism. ↗

— Sidney Blumenthal

#committee #constantly #council #group #head

The Democrats need to remind people of where were, in terms of our progress, as markers against where we are, and where we've fallen, and how we've declined under Bush. ↗

— Sidney Blumenthal

#bush #declined #democrats #fallen #how

When I'm in London I do have the convenience of being close to St James Park which is also good for me because it gives me an excuse to get out and get some much needed exercise! ↗

— David Blunkett

#also #because #being #close #convenience

It's sort of a meat market, the whole awards thing, and I don't think you can predict it anymore - who's going to like what you've done, if it's worthy or not. And hopefully, that's not why you make a film, because if you're distracted by that, or only striving for that, you don't do it justice. ↗

— Emily Blunt

#awards #because #distracted #done #film

It was my band. I organized the band and Dizzy was in the band. Dizzy was the first musical director with the band. Charlie Parker was in the band. But, no, no, that was my band. ↗

— Billy Eckstine

#charlie #director #dizzy #first #i

I'd be a lot more excited about eliminating earmarks if we reduced all of the spending by whatever the earmarks used to be, but nobody's, apparently, going to talk about doing that. ↗

— Roy Blunt

#apparently #doing #earmarks #eliminating #excited

My grandfather had a particularly important influence on my life, even though I didn't visit him often, since he lived about three miles out of town and he died when I was six. He was remarkably curious about the world, and he read lots of books. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#books #curious #died #even #grandfather

The marketing department is really an important part of getting an animated film to work. If the people running it are used to selling live action films and the hard rock music and the sex and all those things... Anything outside that, they just don't know what to do with it. ↗

— Don Bluth

#action films #animated #anything #department #film