#east

The problem of the Middle East is poverty more than politics. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#middle #middle east #more #politics #poverty

What is wrong with the Iranians in addition to the nuclear bomb? This is the only country on Earth in the 21st century that has renewed imperialistic ambitions. They really want to become the hegemon of the Middle East in an age that gave up imperialism. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#addition #age #become #bomb #century

I was initially recruited while I was in business school back in the late sixties by the National Security Agency, the nation's largest and least understood spy organization; but ultimately I worked for private corporations. ↗

— John Perkins

#back #business #business school #corporations #i

It makes sense - you wanna gather a lot of people together, and Vegas really does that well. New York can, but you know the hassles. I've lived there. It's an entirely different beast. ↗

— Liz Phair

#different #does #entirely #gather #hassles

I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past? ↗

— Harold Pinter

#about #afford #earth #five #forget

Every true man, sir, who is a little above the level of the beasts and plants does not live for the sake of living, without knowing how to live; but he lives so as to give a meaning and a value of his own to life. ↗

— Luigi Pirandello

#beasts #does #every #give #his

Success is a beast. And it actually puts the emphasis on the wrong thing. You get away with more instead of looking within. ↗

— Brad Pitt

#away #beast #emphasis #get #instead

I hate Halloween. I hate dressing up. I hate - I wear wigs, makeup, costumes every day. Halloween is like, my least favorite holiday. ↗

— Amy Poehler

#day #dressing #every #every day #favorite

Hypotheses are what we lack the least. ↗

— Henri Poincare

#lack #least

We're basically after Joe's beer money, and Joe likes his beer, so you better make sure that what you give him is at least as pleasurable to him as having his six-pack of beer would be. ↗

— Jerry Pournelle

#basically #beer #better #give #having