#fin

My parents were working class folks. My dad was a bartender for most of his life, my mom was a maid and a cashier and a stock clerk at WalMart. We were not people of financial means in terms of significant financial means. I always told them, 'I didn't always have what I wanted. I always had what I needed.' My parents always provided that. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#bartender #class #clerk #dad #financial

Leaders at the highest levels of our government are undertaking a deliberate and systematic effort to redefine our government, our economy and our country. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#deliberate #economy #effort #government #highest

If you think of your life as a kind of computation, it's quite abundantly clear that there's not going to be a final answer and there won't be anything particularly wonderful about having the computation halt! ↗

— Rudy Rucker

#answer #anything #clear #computation #final

Once Smith had you, he would most likely have tried to negotiate for the lamp." Everything inside her warmed gently. "You'd give up the lamp if you thought my life depended on it?" "Without a second thought." "Oh, Griffin, I'm truly touched. I know how important the lamp is to you." "And then I'd slit the bastard's throat." She groaned and rested her forehead on her knees. "Two birds with one lamp. Who says a crime lord can't be a romantic at heart? ↗

— Amanda Quick

#griffin #life

I'm lucky my wife is a strong woman. She's one of the stronger people I've ever met. It's hard for me to be away, but I know my home life is fine because my wife is there. ↗

— Darius Rucker

#because #ever #fine #hard #home

Advice to beginning SF writers? Write a lot, finish what you write, and when it's done, keep sending it out for quite awhile. ↗

— Rudy Rucker

#awhile #beginning #done #finish #keep

The stability of global financial markets is a public good. If governments fail to protect this public good, then those who suffer are the working people of the world whose jobs, whose homes, and whose standard of living depends on it. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#fail #financial #financial markets #global #good

What we have seen in financial markets should bring home to us all that the central organising principle of this 21st century is interdependence. For the century just past, interdependence may have been one option among many. For the century that is to come, there is no longer an alternative. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#alternative #among #been #bring #central

I missed the final of the World Championships in 2009, but I told the coach I would break the world record in 2010. Which I did. Then in 2011 I won the World Championships and now in 2012 it is the Olympics. That is how I have been working. ↗

— David Rudisha

#break #championships #coach #did #final

I realised I could run after finding out that my dad used to run and it gave me the morale that if he did it then maybe I could also run. ↗

— David Rudisha

#also #could #dad #did #finding