#ling

If government were a product, selling it would be illegal. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#illegal #product #selling #were #would

Positive rights are the right to shelter, the right to education, the right to health care, the right to a living wage. These things are - these are, I would call them, more properly, political rights rather than positive rights. And they are extremely tricky, because now we are dealing with things that are zero sum. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#call #care #dealing #education #extremely

I loved doing My Favorite Year, which was great fun, and The Ruling Class, which I made with all my chums. ↗

— Peter O'Toole

#doing #favorite #fun #great #i

Exercise is really important to me - it's therapeutic. So if I'm ever feeling tense or stressed or like I'm about to have a meltdown, I'll put on my iPod and head to the gym or out on a bike ride along Lake Michigan with the girls. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#along #bike #ever #exercise #feeling

My gut feelings and my faith tell me that until God shuts a door, no human can shut it. ↗

— Olusegun Obasanjo

#faith #feelings #god #gut #human

Experience burned into me the conviction that access to education ought to be based on how much you are willing to learn and how hard you are willing to work, not on how many dollars your family has in their bank account. ↗

— Dave Obey

#account #bank #bank account #based #burned

We're not going to meddle in the internal life of other peoples and other governments, because we don't want them meddling in ours. ↗

— Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

#going #governments #internal #life #meddle

I could never be a country person, sitting around trees trying to write a song. I would rather be in the middle of society, whether it's growing or crumbling. ↗

— Ric Ocasek

#could #country #crumbling #growing #i

And you realise you're doing a public service in making people happy - as a musician you can give people something a doctor, a lawyer, a politician cannot give them that. It's not scientific. It's spiritual - a good feeling. And although you don't know them personally, the audience are like your friends. ↗

— Billy Ocean

#audience #cannot #doctor #doing #feeling

Becoming an actor? If it's not a calling, don't do it. It's too hard. ↗

— Sandra Oh

#becoming #calling #hard #too