#cause

I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#because #better #blood #change #change things

What we're going to do is redouble our efforts on financial regulatory reform, because that has in it sensible things like say on pay, so at least the shareholders are minding the store, sensible things like saying, for heaven's sakes, compensation should be focused on - on long term, so that you don't have rewards for short-term risk-taking. ↗

— Christina Romer

#compensation #efforts #financial #focused #going

Downloading is definitely on the rise, but not because it's free - that's probably third on the list - but because it's immediate and the selection is virtually unlimited. ↗

— Don Rose

#definitely #downloading #free #immediate #list

When ATM machines came out and people were prosecuted for robbing ATM machines, I don't think anybody thought the banks were against technology because they didn't want their ATM machines lifted. ↗

— Hilary Rosen

#anybody #atm #banks #because #came

I taught a lot of art history, especially Chinese, Japanese, and Indian. But the painting classes came back. The nudes came back. Not so much the still lifes. So now our department is the worst department, partly because it has the worst facilities. ↗

— Ad Reinhardt

#art history #back #because #came #chinese

I'm so critical of myself. I'm actually really, really proud of the film. It's really cool to see a movie at Sundance because everybody is so supportive. ↗

— Giovanni Ribisi

#because #cool #critical #everybody #film

I think I started out because I was desperate for approval and acceptance and praise. Some actors never break away from that. They're after that validation their whole life. ↗

— Judge Reinhold

#after #approval #away #because #break

In fact, I had the idea because of Peter Falk. I saw my dad watching a Peter Falk movie and something clicked in my head. I gotta go make a movie for Peter Falk and me. ↗

— Paul Reiser

#clicked #dad #fact #falk #go

I got into the race because I'm concerned for my children, and for the opportunities they don't have. Really, it's for the same concerns that the people of the 16th district have. They're concerned about jobs. ↗

— Jim Renacci

#because #children #concerned #concerns #district

I try, and I think I succeed, in making my readers feel sorry for my psychopaths, because I do. ↗

— Ruth Rendell

#feel #i #i do #i think #making