#do

Political reporters no longer get to decide what's news. The days when a minister gave briefings to a dozen lobby correspondents, and thereby dictated the next day's headlines, are over. Now, a thousand bloggers decide for themselves what is interesting. If enough of them are tickled then, bingo, you're news. ↗

— Daniel Hannan

#bloggers #briefings #correspondents #day #days

The 'EU in a Nutshell' is a miscellany of facts and anecdotes about the system which rules us. It's a book you can delve into in pursuit of a particular fact, or crack open for entertainment at virtually any page. ↗

— Daniel Hannan

#anecdotes #any #book #crack #delve

I know quickly whether a guy is boyfriend material. If I can have a good time doing absolutely nothing with him, then that's boyfriend material for me. Like if we're able to have fun at a gas station. I've had some really good times at gas stations. ↗

— Alyson Hannigan

#absolutely #absolutely nothing #boyfriend #doing #fun

I would just as likely be doing soccer practice as filming commercials. ↗

— Alyson Hannigan

#doing #filming #i #just #likely

The goal of religious thinking is exactly the same as that of technological research -- namely, practical action. Whenever man is truly concerned with obtaining concrete results, whenever he is hard pressed by reality, he abandons abstract speculation and reverts to a mode of response that becomes increasingly cautious and conservative as the forces he hopes to subdue, or at least to outrun, draw ever nearer. ↗

— René Girard

#pragmatism #religion #technology #religion

Manchester City have been in the doldrums for a while, they came up and went straight back down again. ↗

— Alan Hansen

#back #been #came #city #down

He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin. ↗

— Horace

#begun #dare #done #half #who

I'm doing what I do for the right reasons. I love the music that I make. ↗

— Isaac Hanson

#i #i do #i love #love #make

There are very few people who have done more than one Christmas album. ↗