#lis

I'm an unabashed elitist. Everyone needs a good editor, and there is peril in worshiping amateurism and the unedited in science, art, and journalism. ↗

— K. Lee Lerner

#history #journalism #media #politics #science

I'm criticized by the feminists, by the Jewish establishment, by Canadian nationalists. And why not? I've had my pot shots at them. I'm fair game. ↗

— Mordecai Richler

#criticized #establishment #fair #fair game #feminists

I think people forget that to be on the A list you first had to go through the original graded Parliamentary Selection Board. I did that and then like everyone else had the further interviews to get onto the A list. ↗

— Adam Rickitt

#did #else #everyone #first #forget

There are stories still in existence that I wrote when I was five. However, I did not get published until I was seven. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#existence #five #get #however #i

Imperialism was genuinely popular among Athenians who would expect to share in its profits, even if only indirectly and collectively, and not to have to bear its burdens. ↗

— J. M. Roberts

#athenians #bear #burdens #collectively #even

Nothing that happens to you was meant to be. The only thing about you that was meant to be is you. Blaze your own trail. ↗

— George Alexiou

#achievement #chance #change #destiny #empowerment

I'm proud I'm English and I'm passionate about my country. ↗

— Wayne Rooney

#country #english #i #passionate #proud

The popular tendency is to listen approvingly to the most extreme statements and claims of politicians and orators who seek popularity by declaring their own country right in everything and other countries wrong in everything. ↗

— Elihu Root

#countries #country #declaring #everything #extreme

Downloading is definitely on the rise, but not because it's free - that's probably third on the list - but because it's immediate and the selection is virtually unlimited. ↗

— Don Rose

#definitely #downloading #free #immediate #list

I am unique...I play by a different set of rules; I am not intimidated by anything. ↗

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

#dreams #fulfilling-purpose #inspiration #risk-it-be-different #success