#iona

For me, there's a fine line between telling a story that's fictional with lots of details and then removing yourself too much from it, so it's bloodless, a little too fictional. ↗

— Aimee Mann

#bloodless #details #fictional #fine #fine line

And my father, after all, was a nationalist. ↗

— Heinrich Mann

#father #nationalist

Votes in federal elections are cast and counted in a highly decentralized and variable fashion, with no uniform ballots and few national standards. ↗

— Thomas E. Mann

#cast #counted #elections #fashion #federal

Planets are too dim to be detected with existing equipment, far away, except in these very special circumstances where they're seen by their gravitational effect. ↗

— Murray Gell-Mann

#circumstances #detected #dim #effect #equipment

In the House, Republican prospects have been buoyed by several successful rounds of redistricting, which have sharply reduced the number of competitive seats and given the Republicans a national advantage of at least a dozen seats. ↗

— Thomas E. Mann

#been #competitive #dozen #given #house

The increase in straight-ticket party voting in recent years means that competitive congressional races can tip one way or the other depending on the showing of the candidates at the top of the ticket. ↗

— Thomas E. Mann

#competitive #congressional #depending #increase #means

Our nation's security, economy, and place on the world stage depends on the success our educational system. ↗

— Ed Markey

#economy #educational #nation #our #place

I'm 50% Asian actually, so yes I was born in Paris but I feel more international than French so I can't talk about French women. ↗

— Berenice Marlohe

#actually #asian #born #feel #french

In fact, in more cases than not, when we are rational, we're actually unhappy. Emotion is good; passion is good. Being into what we're into, provided that it's a healthy pursuit, it's a good thing. ↗

— Frank Luntz

#actually #being #cases #emotion #fact

It's all emotion. But there's nothing wrong with emotion. When we are in love, we are not rational; we are emotional. When we are on vacation, we are not rational; we are emotional. ↗

— Frank Luntz

#emotional #love #nothing #rational #vacation