#ash

But I can't bear it when somebody who some man made a pass at - to call that violence seems to me absurd and insulting to women who've really met violence, who've been raped or bashed. ↗

— Helen Garner

#bashed #bear #been #call #i

It was a different planet in 1967, the Broadway theatre. It had a little ashtray clamped to the back of every seat and the author got 10% of the gross. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#author #back #broadway #different #every

Global capital markets pose the same kinds of problems that jet planes do. They are faster, more comfortable, and they get you where you are going better. But the crashes are much more spectacular. ↗

— Lawrence Summers

#capital #comfortable #crashes #faster #get

In the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car. ↗

— Lawrence Summers

#ever #history #rented #the history of #washed

We are not that flash, me or the missus. In fact, we are quite low-maintenance. ↗

— Guy Ritchie

#flash #in fact #low-maintenance #me #missus

There were a couple of things in the intervention that made me know I needed help. One was a letter from my daughter saying that she was ashamed she had the same last name as I did, which will shock you a little bit. ↗

— Pat Summerall

#bit #couple #daughter #did #had

You can't have a situation in which companies proceed on a permanent basis relying only on cash from the government. ↗

— Lawrence Summers

#cash #companies #government #only #permanent

The 'cash for clunkers' program was a big success in part because it gave people the sense that the economy was moving. ↗

— Cass Sunstein

#big #big success #cash #economy #gave

For most Americans, Friday afternoons are filled with positive anticipation of the weekend. In Washington, it's where government officials dump stories they want to bury. Good news gets dropped on Monday so bureaucrats can talk about it all week. ↗

— John Sununu

#anticipation #bureaucrats #bury #dropped #dump

He helped make Living Things even more crazy than I wanted it to be. He added old-fashioned piano and classical folk music - that weird otherworldly vibe - all these elements got onto the record. ↗

— Matthew Sweet

#classical #crazy #elements #even #folk