#cal

Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy of its wiser neighbors. ↗

— James Madison

#betray #calculate #every #every nation #loss

I could have taken the easy life and just done classical, but I felt very strongly about the album, my first pop album, the first time that I'd fused so many influences. I was very proud when it was in the charts in 25 countries at once. ↗

— Vanessa Mae

#album #charts #classical #could #countries

Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it. ↗

— Vanessa Mae

#behind #great #physical #playing #traditions

I'm so critical of my own work that it's difficult for me to disassociate myself and watch it as an audience. ↗

— Tobey Maguire

#critical #difficult #i #me #my own

I think flying planes into a building was a faith-based initiative. I think religion is a neurological disorder. ↗

— Bill Maher

#disorder #faith-based #flying #i #i think

The tea baggers. The one thing they hate is when you call them racist. The other thing they hate is black people. But they won't say it. ↗

— Bill Maher

#call #hate #one thing #other #people

I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#being #conviction #had #i #lives

I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#employ #everyone #i #i am #meet

I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#committee #i #member #never #official

In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

#drama #ending #generally #love #most