#east

One of my biggest personal holdings is Rotana. That company has a very dominant force in the Middle East. It has around 45% of all the movie industry and around 75% of all the music. ↗

— Al-Waleed bin Talal

#biggest #company #dominant #dominant force #east

Even more important maybe, or equally more important at least, is they don't have to scrap for a living. ↗

— David Talbot

#even #important #least #living #maybe

A concert is always like a feast day to me. ↗

— James Taylor

#concert #day #feast #like #me

Performing is a profound experience, at least for me. ↗

— James Taylor

#least #me #performing #profound

Performing is a profound experience, at least for me. It's not as if I sit down and play 'Fire and Rain' by myself, just to hear it again. But to offer it up... the energy that it somehow summons live takes me right back, and I do get a reconnection to the emotions. ↗

— James Taylor

#back #down #emotions #energy #experience

A wide and vague impression exists that so-called Eastern religion is more contemplative, innocuous, and humane than the proselytizing monotheisms of the West. Don't believe a word of this: try asking the children of Indochina who were dumped by their parents for inherited deformities that were attributed to sins in a previous 'life. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#buddhism #eastern-religion #indochina #monotheism #rebirth-buddhism

The Beast Lord walked out of the warehouse. The screen went dark. My knight in furry armor. Saiman opened his mouth. "This is why I didn't. Personally, I think your smile is inappropriate. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#curran #humor #kate #humor

I took my .38 out and looked to see that there were bullets in all the proper places. I knew there would be, but it did no harm to be careful. And I'd seen Clint Eastwood do it once in the movies. ↗

— Robert B. Parker

#detectives #guns #humor #irony #machos

No, I understand. Your parents are your parents. Even if they don't love you back, they're all you have. ↗

— Alex Finn

#love

I don’t hate you, you idiot. I’m in love with you. That’s why I’m panicking!” She marched to the door and yelled, “And our children will not be freaks!” “Except their mother already is,” her father yelled back. ↗

— Shelly Laurenston

#humor #shelly-laurenston #humor