#dec

Michael Palin decided to give up on his considerable comedy talents to make those dreadfully tedious travel shows. Have you ever tried to watch one? ↗

— John Cleese

#considerable #decided #dreadfully #ever #give

As an actor, there's a bit of you that's decided you want to be looked at and watched, but there's a paradoxical bit that wants to run away. ↗

— Ralph Fiennes

#away #bit #decided #looked #paradoxical

One thing I have frankly decided is that when it comes to political reform we have two conservative parties in British politics. Both the Labour and Conservative parties have constantly and repeatedly failed to honour promises they have made about reforming, cleaning, modernising our clapped-out system. ↗

— Nick Clegg

#both #british #cleaning #comes #conservative

President Obama has offered a plan with 4 trillion dollars in debt reduction over a decade, with two and a half dollars of spending reductions for every one dollar of revenue increases, and tight controls on future spending. It's the kind of balanced approach proposed by the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles commission. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#balanced #bipartisan #commission #controls #debt

People who decide they came to earth to work, who make work their personal philosophy, are kept very busy. ↗

— Constantine Karamanlis

#came #decide #earth #kept #make

I think most paintings are a record of the decisions that the artist made. I just perhaps make them a little clearer than some people have. ↗

— Chuck Close

#clearer #decisions #i #i think #just

I've decided to pick my moment to retire very carefully - in about 200 years time. ↗

— Brian Clough

#carefully #decided #i #moment #pick

I guess I'm fairly insistent and maybe consistent. If I decide I'll do something, I generally will. ↗

— Jarvis Cocker

#decide #fairly #generally #guess #i

I was heartened to hear the President say that as we make progress on the ground, and Iraqi forces increasingly take the lead, we should be able to further decrease our troop levels. ↗

— Howard Coble

#decrease #forces #further #ground #hear

When the government is handed over to the Iraqi Council on 30 June, many have declared, oh, the Americans must never leave because civil unrest may erupt. Well, I agree, we cannot abruptly depart, but Iraq needs to step up to the plate on 30 June. ↗

— Howard Coble

#agree #because #cannot #civil #council