#be

I was just very interested in the American frontier and the growth of capitalism - those enormous fortunes that were being made, more often than not, on the blood of poor people, black people, Indian people. They were the ones who paid very dearly for those great fortunes. ↗

— Peter Matthiessen

#being #black #blood #capitalism #dearly

I do not believe in populism. I am not a supporter of radical decisions. Practice has shown that usually these are harmful. ↗

— Valentina Matviyenko

#believe #decisions #harmful #i #i am

I know that when Terry and I were together, 10 years ago, he did not appreciate it when people would ask him what it is like being partnered with a celebrity. Precisely because it suggested that he had no value. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#appreciate #ask #because #being #celebrity

If we do what we think is right, not try to point-score, people will begin to trust us. ↗

— Francis Maude

#people #right #think #trust #try

It is simply the view, and a view I think shared by most members of the party, that it is very difficult to have a leader that does not command the support of the parliamentary party. ↗

— Francis Maude

#difficult #does #i #i think #leader

I had always been a tomboy - I still am, at heart. ↗

— Maureen O'Hara

#am #been #had #heart #i

We should be the natural home for the millions of Britons of immigrant origin. But we're not. Because too often we've sounded like people who wish they hadn't come here at all. ↗

— Francis Maude

#britons #come #hadn #here #home

Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#build #call #day #develop #forth

What has influenced my life more than any other single thing has been my stammer. Had I not stammered I would probably... have gone to Cambridge as my brothers did, perhaps have become a don and every now and then published a dreary book about French literature. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#any #become #been #book #brothers

Women's liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It's men who are discriminated against. They can't bear children. And no one is likely to do anything about that. ↗

— Golda Meir

#against #anything #bear #children #discriminated