#ian

Obama is trying to paint us as a caricature, as if we're some bizarre individualists who are hardcore libertarians. It's a false dichotomy and intellectually lazy. Of course we believe in government. We think government should do what it does really well, but that it has limits. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#bizarre #caricature #course #dichotomy #does

President Obama is the kind of politician who puts promises on the record, and then calls that the record. But we are four years into this presidency.The issue is not the economy as Barack Obama inherited it, not the economy as he envisions it, but this economy as we are living it. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#barack obama #calls #economy #four #inherited

It has been well over half a century and I'm glad to say we have taken the right path from authoritarianism to democracy and this is a road of no return. ↗

— Chen Shui-bian

#been #century #democracy #glad #half

As a musician, you never understand why people connect with certain songs. ↗

— Lisa Loeb

#connect #musician #never #people #songs

It's 103 comedians, or however many it is, and how would everyone tell it. It's enough people of substance that it makes you think of the people who aren't there that are alive. ↗

— Bob Saget

#comedians #enough #enough people #everyone #how

I have confidence that the Unitarian Church will steadily grow and will help to sustain many of my fellow citizens in these important days that lie ahead of us. ↗

— Leverett Saltonstall

#church #citizens #confidence #days #fellow

I said 'Brian, no one is going to respect me as a mother after this.' He said, 'oh no, yes they will, this is a movie, don't worry about it.' But they're not. ↗

— Nia Long

#after #brian #going #i #me

I can show you that I have played with just about every jazz musician, every African musician, every blues musician. It's not like I'm cashing in on a false concept. This is what I do. ↗

— Carlos Santana

#african #blues #concept #every #false

We cannot collect enough taxes to catch up with spending. Do I know a solution? Not really. Do your politicians know a solution? Does our commander-in-chief offer a solution? Absolutely not. ↗

— Rick Santelli

#absolutely not #cannot #catch #collect #commander-in-chief

It's the duty of all novelists, all painters, all musicians, all people who try to make art move: to look for something they feel authentically, without paying attention to styles. ↗

— Nathalie Sarraute

#attention #duty #feel #look #make