#ect

I think that what is important is that the music be honest and direct and that it is relevant to today. I think music needs to be of its time and speak to that time. ↗

— Dave Holland

#honest #i #i think #important #music

Everyone says Francois Mitterrand had huge charisma. But before he was president they used to call him badly dressed, old, archaic and say he knew nothing about the economy... until the day he was elected. It's called universal suffrage. When you're elected, you become the person that embodies France. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#archaic #badly #become #before #call

In addition to myself and a number of others, President Clinton talked about the deficit and the debt issue. And he pointed out, really, what I pointed out, which is that when he left office, we actually had projected surpluses for a long period of time, because when he put together his economic plan, he did it in a balanced way. ↗

— Chris Van Hollen

#actually #addition #balanced #because #clinton

It was stunning actually, because what you would hope for from our national leaders is some reflection, some understanding that the situation that we encountered in Iraq was not what we expected, that it was not what he said it would be. ↗

— Chris Van Hollen

#because #encountered #expected #hope #iraq

I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#envy #i #me #merely #no respect

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team! ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#anything #best #capable #doing #expect

Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self. ↗

— Ted Hughes

#being #communion #connection #deeper #fishing

I grew up outside of DC, New York state, and Connecticut. ↗

— Jim Coleman

#dc #grew #i #new #new york

The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#apply #direct #direct proportion #effort #proportion

I've experienced the highest of highs and lowest of lows. I think to really appreciate anything you have to be at both ends of the spectrum. ↗

— John Elway

#appreciate #both #ends #experienced #highest