#heir

Europe is scooters. Europe is five young people on one bench sharing a chocolate bar. Their idea of entertainment and fun is so much different than ours, which is exactly why a movie about them would be funny. ↗

— Mike Myers

#bar #bench #chocolate #different #entertainment

I know that throughout their history, the people of the United States defended their freedom, their liberty, their justice, and their rights - if need be - with their lives. I think their courage is so admirable. ↗

— Lee Myung-bak

#courage #defended #freedom #history #i

The North Koreans have gained, or bought, a lot of time through the six-party-talks framework to pursue their own agenda. ↗

— Lee Myung-bak

#bought #framework #gained #koreans #lot

The more gifted and talkative one's characters are, the greater the chances of their resembling the author in tone or tint of mind. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#chances #characters #gifted #greater #mind

I would like to spare the time and effort of hack reviewers and, generally, persons who move their lips when reading. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#generally #hack #i #like #lips

Basically, fundamentalism is a modern phenomenon. In the same way that Hitler evoked a mythological religion of German purity and the glory of the past, the Islamists use religion to evoke emotions and passions in people who have been oppressed for a long time in order to reach their purpose. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#been #emotions #evoke #fundamentalism #german

Thus the regime has deprived Iranian women not just of their present rights, but also of their history and their past. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#deprived #history #iranian #just #past

I also believe that member states of the United Nations should live up their obligations to pay their dues. ↗

— Alex Morrison

#believe #dues #i #live #member

Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they passed. ↗

— William Temple

#books #chief #esteem #like #passed

I find that it isn't wise to attempt to judge people on their public persona, and even on the music they make. Because I've met so many people whose music I cannot stand, and they're very nice. At the same time, I've met people whose music I've loved, and they're not the person you've invested all this emotion in. ↗

— Steven Patrick Morrissey

#because #cannot #emotion #even #find