#era

It's counterintuitive, but the most divisive arrangement is when the same party controls both Congress and the presidency, a situation encountered in eight of the past 10 years. With government unified under a single party, the minority has the least possible incentive to cooperate with the majority. ↗

— John Sununu

#both #congress #controls #cooperate #divisive

Mad, is he? Then I hope he will bite some of my other generals. ↗

— King George II

#generals #hope #i #mad #other

The media love coarse debate because coarse debate drives ratings and ratings generate profits. Unless the TV producer happens to be William Shakespeare, an argument is more interesting than a soliloquy - and there will never be a shortage of people willing to argue on TV. ↗

— John Sununu

#argument #because #coarse #debate #drives

We're not on a desperate mission to write chart compatible stuff. ↗

— Stephen Malkmus

#compatible #desperate #mission #stuff #write

But even with no money you could still go to places like the Scotch Club and, you know, John Lennon might be sitting right over there, but I was certainly not a part of any of that circle. I was truly peripheral. ↗

— Donald Sutherland

#certainly #circle #club #could #even

I think a lot of people who feel as though they desperately want to be married oftentimes simply desperately want to have a wedding. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#feel #i #i think #lot #married

I made a big mistake with him the first day I shot. We're shooting the scene where I come back from the party, the dance, in the sleigh with Julie Christie and we turn the corner and go past the camera and the camera follows us just a little bit and we disappear. ↗

— Rod Steiger

#big #big mistake #bit #camera #christie

Generally speaking, everyone is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#doing #everyone #generally #interesting #more

We may overcompensate for our feelings of powerlessness by attempting to control and manipulate other people and our environment. Or we may eventually burst forth with uncontrolled rage that is highly exaggerated and distorted by its long suppression. ↗

— Shakti Gawain

#burst #control #distorted #environment #eventually

All nations are more tolerant of their own mistakes and weaknesses than of the mistakes and weaknesses of others. ↗

— Arthur Hays Sulzberger

#mistakes #more #nations #others #own