#it

I stopped and gazed on the little dull man who was being paid to be a teacher of teachers. I turned and walked to the door, slammed it closed with a bang, and broken glass crashed to the floor. There was uproar behind me in the class, which did not interest me at all. ↗

— Burl Ives

#behind #being #broken #broken glass #class

A rare experience of a moment at daybreak, when something in nature seems to reveal all consciousness, cannot be explained at noon. Yet it is part of the day's unity. ↗

— Charles Ives

#consciousness #day #daybreak #experience #explained

I'm not gonna give the British Government the joy of keeping taxing me. They don't tax art. And all my cars are just a collection of art. ↗

— Jay Kay

#british #british government #cars #collection #give

The curriculum of the school did not neglect India's cultural, analytical and scientific heritage, but was very involved also with the rest of the world. ↗

— Amartya Sen

#analytical #cultural #curriculum #did #heritage

Let me reassure that the Kingdom of Cambodia a country with independence, neutrality, peace, freedom, democracy and human rights as you all have seen, shall be existing with no end. ↗

— Hun Sen

#country #democracy #end #existing #freedom

The international community is pushing things forward in Bosnia... but it is doing it at expense of the Muslim people. I feel it as an injustice, these are the things that I cannot live with. ↗

— Alija Izetbegovic

#cannot #community #doing #expense #feel

So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many, many years, and then President Clinton lied about a relationship, and everyone was surprised! A little naive, I feel! ↗

— Eddie Izzard

#american #american government #clinton #everyone #feel

I'm quite good at taking in information so I voraciously inhale Wikipedia - which may have some things wrong in it, but I think is generally more information than we had before. Last tour we didn't have Wikipedia. And then Discovery Channel and History Channel. I can take it in and retain what I think are the most important facts. ↗

— Eddie Izzard

#channel #discovery #facts #generally #good

My stand-up is quite good now, people say. It's just like a big conversation each time. Every gig is a rehearsal. ↗

— Eddie Izzard

#conversation #each #every #gig #good

Whether I'm critically well received, whether or not I sell books - of course it becomes progressively harder to get them published - nevertheless, it's what I do, every day. ↗

— Tama Janowitz

#books #course #critically #day #every