#ash

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

I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I started dragging my parents to festivals, and fairs, and karaoke contests, and I did that for about a year before I came to Nashville for the first time. I was 11 and I had this demo CD of me singing Dixie Chicks and Leanne Rimes songs. ↗

— Taylor Swift

#artist #before #came #cd #chicks

Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#among #because #collective #creates #democratic

We turned the switch, saw the flashes, watched for ten minutes, then switched everything off and went home. That night I knew the world was headed for sorrow. ↗

— Leo Szilard

#flashes #headed #home #i #knew

Bravery never goes out of fashion. ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

#fashion #goes #never #out

I have a very classic take on fashion. I like my accessories to pop, but in general, my style is pretty classic. ↗

— Ashley Greene

#classic #fashion #general #i #like

The threat to globalization is not the wasted American dollars but Washington's readiness to mix US commercial interests with its self-appointed role as global protector. ↗

— William Greider

#commercial #dollars #global #globalization #interests

I wear heels. It's not for a fashion statement, it's... ammunition. ↗

— Nikki Haley

#fashion #fashion statement #heels #i #statement

Now in business we do a cost benefit analysis before we make policy changes. Washington should as well. ↗

— Vicky Hartzler

#before #benefit #business #changes #cost