#jo

I guess John Wayne would be one. I just respected the way he acted. ↗

— A. J. Foyt

#guess #i #john #john wayne #just

When we saw our plane on TV as breaking news, it was the most surreal experience. A lot of the women were crying. There was a gentleman who was writing in his journal and crying. Seeing that isn't easy. ↗

— Taryn Manning

#crying #easy #experience #gentleman #his

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom. ↗

— Anatole France

#irony #joy #reflection #wisdom

Michael Vick may enjoy watching dogs fight. Someone else may find that repulsive but see nothing wrong with eating an animal who has had a life as full of pain and suffering as the lives of the fighting dogs. It's strange that we regard the latter as morally different from, and superior to, the former. ↗

— Gary L. Francione

#different #dogs #eating #else #enjoy

Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never return, all is in order. ↗

— Katherine Mansfield

#i #journey #never #order #prepare

What I have found is that my fan base will follow me to whatever I'm doing. They gave me a big tune-in for Hallmark. They were just happy to see me working again, and my job is not to disappoint them, not to cheat them. ↗

— Genie Francis

#base #big #cheat #disappoint #doing

I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority. ↗

— Barney Frank

#automatically #being #felt #gay #i

In this view, the role of the great majority of Americans is simply to buy the products produced, work happily for their wages, and leave all of the significant economic decisions to the capitalists. ↗

— Barney Frank

#capitalists #decisions #economic #great #great majority

Well, many of us believe that excessive media concentration is a subject that ought to be addressed, and it is, of course, the intention of the majority party not to allow that to be discussed. ↗

— Barney Frank

#allow #believe #concentration #course #discussed

While I was pleasantly surprised by the relatively high number of jobs created in April, the fact is that job creation during this recovery period has significantly lagged both historical experience in recovery, and the projections of the Bush Administration. ↗

— Barney Frank

#april #both #bush #bush administration #created