#east

I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#i #never #nobel #select #surprised

Destiny smiles upon me but without making me the least bit happier. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

#destiny #happier #least #making #me

It has been an honor to work in the Obama Administration and to serve this President, particularly during a period of unprecedented change in the broader Middle East. Obviously, there is still work to do but I promised my wife I would return to government for only two years and we both agreed it is time to act on my promise. ↗

— Dennis Ross

#administration #agreed #been #both #broader

It is my Middle Eastern hat and my attachment to Israel that ultimately inspires my support for Obama. I know he understands that neither Israel nor America can afford four more years of Iran and the radical Islamists gaining strategic leverage in the Middle East. ↗

— Dennis Ross

#america #attachment #east #eastern #four

Culture's worth huge, huge risks. Without culture we're all totalitarian beasts. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#culture #huge #risks #totalitarian #without

And they just saw me on that and - from the time I was 11 until I was 12, I guess. And then when I had just turned 13, they asked me if I wanted to tour with Johnny Cash back East. ↗

— Barbara Mandrell

#back #cash #east #guess #had

Not with the Rochester Philharmonic, but I formed my own orchestra, made up of musicians from the Eastman School, where I'm on the faculty now, direct the Jazz Ensemble and teach improvisation classes. ↗

— Chuck Mangione

#direct #eastman #ensemble #faculty #formed

It's very important, at least for me and for Cynthia, to get outside input. ↗

— Barry Mann

#get #important #input #least #me

Think about it: Look at the strides of awareness and treatment and tests that women have had with breast cancer, that the gay community has had with AIDS, because they're active and they talk about it. ↗

— Herbie Mann

#active #aids #awareness #because #breast cancer

In the House, Republican prospects have been buoyed by several successful rounds of redistricting, which have sharply reduced the number of competitive seats and given the Republicans a national advantage of at least a dozen seats. ↗

— Thomas E. Mann

#been #competitive #dozen #given #house