#d

And still the brain continues to yearn, continues to burn, foolishly, with desire. My old man's brain is mocked by a body that still longs to stretch in the sun and form a beautiful shape in someone else's gaze, to lie under a blue sky and dream of helpless, selfless love, to behold itself, illuminated, in the golden light of another's eyes. ↗

— Meg Rosoff

#aging #beauty #body #desire #dream

Regarding 'Ferris Bueller,' I was in the Czech Republic once, in Prague, making a movie at the same time as Jeffrey Jones, who played the principal, who was making a different movie. The Super Bowl was going to be playing at this bar at midnight, so we decided we would go watch the Super Bowl at this bar at midnight in Prague together. ↗

— Edie McClurg

#bowl #czech #czech republic #decided #different

I respect a system that says we're going to put every bit of pressure on anybody we have to put it on to get to the drug dealer who is bringing his poison into the country. ↗

— Bill McCollum

#bit #bringing #country #dealer #every

You can't expect law enforcement to provide the solution to the drug problem. ↗

— Bill McCollum

#expect #law #law enforcement #problem #provide

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#any #established #feature #law #marked

A reporter asked recently, 'What keeps you up at night?' I replied that I generally sleep well, but if I ever do have trouble, I don't have to count sheep. I count all the states I'm glad I'm not the governor of. ↗

— Mitch McConnell

#count #ever #generally #glad #governor

There is a lot of room for improvement in Social Security. We owe our children the most financially sound system possible. They will have paid into it their entire working lives. They deserve to be protected by it. for our children and grandchildren. ↗

— Mitch McConnell

#deserve #entire #financially #grandchildren #improvement

We're living under the Obama economy. Any CEO in America with a record like this after three years on the job would be graciously shown the door. This president blames the managers instead. He blames the folks on the shop floor. He blames the weather. ↗

— Mitch McConnell

#america #any #blames #ceo #door

Every piece has its own identity which we develop by the rule 'We know no limits.' We follow the inspiration of the moment and don't worry if what we're playing is alternative, progressive or fusion rock. ↗

— Page McConnell

#develop #every #follow #fusion #identity

Hermione launched herself forwards and started punching every inch of him that she could reach. 'Ouch — ow — gerroff! What the — ? Hermione — OW!' “You — complete — arse — Ronald — Weasley!” She punctuated every word with a blow: Ron backed away, shielding his head as Hermione advanced. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#humor #ron-weasley #death