#isi

Raising the traditional and early retirement ages will mean extending workers' taxable earning years, fueling economic growth and putting a dent in our unfunded-liabilities crisis by delaying payouts. ↗

— Michelle Malkin

#crisis #dent #early #earning #economic

Almost every band has somebody who's the main songwriter and who has a vision, a very clear idea of how a song should be. ↗

— Stephen Malkmus

#band #clear #clear idea #every #how

Television wasn't prestigious. ↗

— Dorothy Malone

#television

Close scrutiny will show that most "crisis situations" are opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are. ↗

— Maxwell Maltz

#close #crisis #either #most #opportunities

I don't think there's any information to be gotten from television. ↗

— David Mamet

#gotten #i #information #television #think

In my family, in the days prior to television, we liked to while away the evenings by making ourselves miserable, solely based on our ability to speak the language viciously. ↗

— David Mamet

#away #based #days #evenings #family

There's been a slow death in a way. On the positive side, there are films getting into the Academy Awards that wouldn't have, but on the negative side, financiers are now dominant and making all the decisions. I can't count the ways a director's vision is compromised. ↗

— Lili Taylor

#academy awards #awards #been #compromised #count

The United States has made serious mistakes in the conduct of its foreign affairs, which have had unfortunate repercussions long after the decisions were taken. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#after #conduct #decisions #foreign #foreign affairs

For too long, decisions have been taken behind closed doors - tablets of stone have simply been past down to people without bothering to involve people, listen to their views or give them information about what we are doing and why. ↗

— Peter Mandelson

#been #behind #bothering #closed #decisions

Too often we think we can act without explaining and take decisions without justifying them. ↗

— Peter Mandelson

#decisions #explaining #justifying #often #take