#heir

But if the Chinese mainland, the PRC, attacked Taiwan, we'd be obligated to come to their aid. ↗

— Fred Thompson

#attacked #chinese #come #mainland #obligated

As for suspense, I like to write books that draw you into the hero's plight from the opening pages, where people put their lives on the line for something - a belief, a family member, the truth. ↗

— Andrew Gross

#books #draw #family #family member #hero

I don't like writing straight-up thrillers. I like writing about families hurled into crisis and danger - soccer moms and regular dads and husbands who might have to rescue their daughters or who are, say, hedge fund managers and have one foot on the sidelines watching their kids and the other in nefarious cover-ups and conspiracies. ↗

— Andrew Gross

#conspiracies #crisis #dads #danger #daughters

The 1960s were big for folk music, and the Kingston Trio led the way. They were the ones who started it all. The music was fresh and alive. College kids loved it and their parents did, too. ↗

— George Grove

#big #college #college kids #did #folk

Even though other people wrote my songs I put my stamp on them. I have a connection, but there is no truer connection than an artists and their own song. ↗

— Justin Guarini

#connection #even #i #other #own

Never make negative comments or spread rumors about anyone. It depreciates their reputation and yours. ↗

— Brian Koslow

#anyone #comments #depreciates #make #negative

I am interested in the notion that people can become so obsessed by their world that they lose sense and awareness of how they appear to other people. They're so earnest about it. But that's true of so many things. ↗

— Christopher Guest

#am #appear #awareness #become #earnest

The Finland of the 21st century can thrive only if women of learning - in common with their male counterparts - are guaranteed the opportunity to use their creative potential to the full. ↗

— Tarja Halonen

#century #common #counterparts #creative #finland

I love animals, always have, and it seemed natural to help the ASPCA. Animals have no voice of their own, so we have to be that voice. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#help #i #i love #love #natural

Anybody who says they don't like fighting in the NHL have to be out of their minds. ↗

— Donald Stewart Cherry

#fighting #like #minds #nhl #out