#eli

For a long time many believed that there would be an automatic adjustment and counted on a rapid increase in the wages of the emerging nations, on our advances in technology and the costs of transport preventing disruption. But this reassuring analysis is out of date. ↗

— Laurent Fabius

#advances #analysis #automatic #believed #costs

Without feeling abashed by my ignorance, I confess that I am absolutely unable to say. In the absence of an appearance of learning, my answer has at least one merit, that of perfect sincerity. ↗

— Jean Henri Fabre

#absolutely #am #answer #appearance #confess

Those who enjoy their own emotionally bad health and who habitually fill their own minds with the rank poisons of suspicion, jealousy and hatred, as a rule take umbrage at those who refuse to do likewise, and they find a perverted relief in trying to denigrate them. ↗

— Johannes Brahms

#bad #denigrate #emotionally #enjoy #fill

My disorder has been attended with several symptoms of a consumption; and I have been at times apprehensive that my great change was at hand: yet blessed be God, I have never been affrighted; but, on the contrary, at times much delighted with a view of its approach. ↗

— David Brainerd

#approach #attended #been #blessed #blessed be

There are some amazing stories from all over this country, where people's work and contribution has been acknowledged. To be part of that is an absolutely fantastic feeling. ↗

— Kenneth Branagh

#acknowledged #amazing #been #contribution #country

I only really cast people who are desperate to be in it - who were dying to be in it, whose talent I believed in and were dead ready to do the work that was necessary. ↗

— Kenneth Branagh

#cast #dead #desperate #dying #i

Most of my life I've had long periods of feeling down and lost. That's why every five years or so I've smashed my life to pieces and started again. ↗

— Siobhan Fahey

#down #every #feeling #five #had

Bananarama were written off from day one. Nobody believed in us but us. We kept having hits despite the record company, despite the press. ↗

— Siobhan Fahey

#company #day #despite #having #hits

By crying on my bed, drinking quite a lot and feeling tempted by drugs. Well, just not reading it to be perfectly honest with you. I know it's a bit of a copout. ↗

— Jo Brand

#bit #crying #drinking #feeling #honest

The thing I thought about doing it was it's Comic Relief and you've got to be funny. So although I did try to sing properly it obviously has hilarious results when you can't sing. ↗

— Jo Brand

#although #comic #comic relief #did #doing