#get

We've established a Washington State Academy of Sciences that will enable us to make decisions based on science about what is right for our state, meaning the quality of our lives will get better. ↗

— Christine Gregoire

#academy #based #better #decisions #enable

Ethically, she couldn't cause the suffering of any living thing. Logically, bacon cheeseburgers were delicious. ↗

— Thomm Quackenbush

#carnivore #ethical #ethics #food #hamburgers

I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that's to get rid of all my other desires. ↗

— John Cleese

#desires #get #i #just #just one

If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth. ↗

— John Cleese

#better #get #i #i can #ideas

I think Shakespeare is like a dialect. If I heard a broad Scots accent, I'd probably struggle at first but then I'd start to look for words I recognise and I'd get the gist. I think Shakespeare is like that. ↗

— Ralph Fiennes

#broad #dialect #first #get #heard

I couldn't get as big as a bodybuilder. I tried to put on as much weight in the right places as I could. My weightlifting was impressive for me, but not for some of the guys I see down at the gym. ↗

— Ralph Fiennes

#could #down #get #guys #gym

There are those moments when you shake someone's hand, have a conversation with someone, and suddenly your all bound together because you share your humanity in one simple moment. ↗

— Ralph Fiennes

#bound #conversation #hand #humanity #moment

When the target audience is American teenage kids, you can have problems. My generation prized really fine acting and writing. Sometimes you have to go back to the basic principles which underpin great visual comedy. ↗

— John Cleese

#american #audience #back #basic #basic principles

I don't miss London much. I find it crowded, vast and difficult to get around. Cabs are incredibly expensive. ↗

— John Cleese

#crowded #difficult #expensive #find #get

I think it's because in America you always get the sense that if you fail, you can just pack up your things and go somewhere else and try again. But in England, it's so geographically small that if somebody succeeds here, it reduces your chances of succeeding. ↗

— John Cleese

#always #america #because #chances #else