#hr

If we were to do the Second Coming of Christ in color for a full hour, there would be a considerable number of stations which would decline to carry it on the grounds that a Western or a quiz show would be more profitable. ↗

— Edward R. Murrow

#christ #color #coming #considerable #considerable number

Where do these arms come from, these Saturday night specials that constitute the instrument of threats in bank robberies, or the hand grenades used by terrorists? How can their sales and their import be permitted? ↗

— Alva Myrdal

#bank #come #constitute #grenades #hand

In the last few years, the very idea of telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth is dredged up only as a final resort when the alternative options of deception, threat and bribery have all been exhausted. ↗

— Michael Musto

#been #bribery #deception #exhausted #few

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. ↗

— Anais Nin

#expands #life #proportion #shrinks

Many differences are rooted in biology and reinforced through culture, so it's important to acknowledge that. Because if you say men and women are the same and if male behaviour is the norm, and women are always expected to act like men, we will never be as good at being men as men are. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#act #always #because #behaviour #being

Well, one thing's very clear, that terrorism isn't just a threat which is external to Western countries. It's not simply a foreign menace that comes from overseas to strike our cities. It can and it does, as we now know, come from within our own countries and from inside our own populations. ↗

— Pauline Neville-Jones

#clear #come #comes #countries #does

When I became White House press secretary, there were other limitations that were thrust upon me. Bill Clinton was under pressure to appoint women to visible positions. I was 31, I'd never worked in Washington. Was I ready for this large and visible job? Still he wanted the credit. So he gave me the job but diminished the job. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#became #bill #bill clinton #clinton #credit

Barton Fink got written very quickly, in about three weeks. I don't know what that means. ↗

— Joel Coen

#got #i #know #means #quickly

Blest is that government where no art thrives. ↗

— Thomas Nashe

#blest #government #thrives #where

We're learning as we go. We're a lot smarter this time. We understand what it takes to mobilize away from the threat of a hurricane. ↗

— Ray Nagin

#go #hurricane #learning #lot #mobilize