#hips

Every man now worships gold, all other reverence being done away. ↗

— Sextus Propertius

#being #being done #done #every #every man

History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient. Whatever the shortcomings, mankind has not devised anything superior. ↗

— Vladimir Putin

#authoritarian #democratic #devised #dictatorships #forms

In some of the countries where we operate, there is a tradition of corruption, in which the political elites work with business in the framework of unsavory relationships. ↗

— Lee R. Raymond

#corruption #countries #elites #framework #operate

When people hold you in high esteem, it's very delicate relationship. When they meet you they're putting all their chips up. It's make or break. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#chips #delicate #esteem #high #hold

To me, being the best means proving it in different countries and championships. ↗

— Cristiano Ronaldo

#being the best #best #championships #countries #different

Perfect partners don't exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships express themselves best. ↗

— Wayne Rooney

#conditions #exist #express #limited #limited time

Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own people. ↗

— Richard Perle

#control #dictatorships #exert #external #internal

I look for an interesting and often times, fresh character. Something different that what is done all the time or than I've done recently. I look at who is directing. Those two variables as well as a third, which is the content and the quality of the screenplay. I look at the arcs of the scenes and characters and relationships. ↗

— William Baldwin

#character #characters #content #different #directing

I would love to tell you I've found the secret to eternal youth. I go to the gym and avoid too many chips. I love to eat, hate to work out, but if you can't count all your ribs from a distance you're considered obese. ↗

— Jason Isaacs

#chips #considered #count #distance #eat

I was able to do Classics, the U.S. national championships and the Pan American Games and feel like I improved with each meet, but I was still struggling with a lot of residual pain from the two surgeries. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#american #championships #classics #each #feel