#erm

Superheroes fill a gap in the pop culture psyche, similar to the role of Greek mythology. There isn't really anything else that does the job in modern terms. For me, Batman is the one that can most clearly be taken seriously. ↗

— Christopher Nolan

#batman #clearly #culture #does #else

But for each of us, isn't life about determining your own finish line? ↗

— Diana Nyad

#determining #each #finish #finish line #life

Finally, Charlie gave up the hunt and placed (the puppy) back on the floor, dispatching fleas was not his idea of a romantic evening, unless you happened to be a twisted exterminator, he thought. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#fleas #funny #humor #humour #pass-the-fleas-please

The review committee has left it to NASA to determine the scope of these alleged incidents. ↗

— Ellen Ochoa

#committee #determine #incidents #left #nasa

The German future lies in the hands of our Fuehrer. ↗

— Hjalmar Schacht

#future #german #hands #lies #our

No politician has ever yet been able to rule his country, nor has any country ever yet been able to face the world, upon the principles of the Sermon on the Mount. ↗

— Frederick Scott Oliver

#any #been #country #ever #face

If Obama wanted to make radical changes to America's health long-term, all he has to do is treble the price of sugar and salt. ↗

— Jamie Oliver

#changes #health #long-term #make #obama

There is a Western world. There is America. There is Great Britain and Germany and France and Russia and China and other nations. I doubt that there is one country amongst those I mentioned which has a desire to see Iran, with its fundamentalist, Islamic, extremist government, possessing nuclear weapons. ↗

— Ehud Olmert

#amongst #britain #china #country #desire

Let the consequences be what they will, I am determined to proceed. ↗

— James Otis

#consequences #determined #i #i am #proceed

We all know that China is industrializing at a growth rate of 8 to 10 percent per year. China is on track to pass the U.S. as the largest economy in the world in 20 to 25 years, and China is determined to give its people a chance at this high standard of living that we enjoy. ↗

— John Olver

#china #determined #economy #enjoy #give