#cia

Death used to announce itself in the thick of life but now people drag on so long it sometimes seems that we are reaching the stage when we may have to announce ourselves to death. It is as though one needs a special strength to die, and not a final weakness. ↗

— Ronald Blythe

#death #die #drag #final #itself

I think that if we don't get these politicians to come together we face the most predictable economic crisis in history. ↗

— Erskine Bowles

#crisis #economic #economic crisis #face #get

Personality and socialization aren't the same thing. ↗

— Steven Pinker

#same #socialization #thing

Beckett had an unerring light on things, which I much appreciated. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#beckett #had #i #light #much

I loved 'Saturday Night Fever' when I was a kid. I couldn't believe people talked that way. It was just a whole new culture I didn't understand. I snuck into it. It was an R-rated film. So it holds a special place. ↗

— Brad Pitt

#culture #fever #film #holds #i

But I am sure also that from a political point of view, and from a social point of view the federal link, without infringing the sovereignty of any of the nations which might take part in such as association, could be beneficial. ↗

— Aristide Briand

#am #any #association #beneficial #could

Socialism is nothing more nor less than the social, political and ideological system which breaks the fetters upon economic growth created under capitalism and opens the way to a new period of economic and social expansion on a much larger scale. ↗

— Earl Browder

#capitalism #created #economic #economic growth #expansion

I'm not a politician and my other habits are good. ↗

— Charles Farrar Browne

#habits #i #other #politician

The chance to be both artistically appreciated and commercially appreciated... That's what you hope for. ↗

— Gerard Butler

#artistically #both #chance #commercially #hope

I am a musician, but I'm another type of musician. ↗

— Sun Ra

#another #i #i am #musician #type