#lists

President Obama is casting his lot in the middle of a debate as old as America itself: Are we rugged individualists pulling ourselves up by the bootstraps? Or are we a nation of community, all connected and counting on one another? ↗

— Ron Fournier

#another #bootstraps #casting #community #connected

Novelists do not write as birds sing, by the push of nature. It is part of the job that there should be much routine and some daily stuff on the level of carpentry. ↗

— William Golding

#carpentry #daily #job #level #much

Most venture capitalists won't read a business plan unless the entrepreneur is introduced to them by a contact. ↗

— Guy Kawasaki

#capitalists #contact #entrepreneur #introduced #most

The Bahraini people are eager to obtain facts to enable them to shape a comprehensive national opinion without division among its people. We confirm to all journalists and media personnel in the kingdom of Bahrain that their freedom is preserved and their rights are safeguarded. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#bahrain #comprehensive #confirm #division #eager

The biggest problem in rock journalism is that often the writer's main motivation is to become friends with the band. They're not really journalists; they're people who want to be involved in rock and roll. ↗

— Chuck Klosterman

#become #biggest #biggest problem #friends #involved

It's hard to market a movie when you're at the mercy of critics and journalists. ↗

— Harvey Weinstein

#hard #journalists #market #mercy #movie

Environmentalists are a socialist group of individuals that are the tool of the Democrat Party. I'm proud to say that they are my enemy. They are not Americans, never have been Americans, never will be Americans. ↗

— Don Young

#democrat #democrat party #enemy #environmentalists #group

Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away. ↗

— Fidel Castro

#capitalism #money #socialists #throw #using

Journalists are supposed to be skeptical, that's what keeps them digging rather than simply accepting the official line, whether it comes from government or corporate bureaucrats. ↗

— Linda Chavez

#bureaucrats #comes #corporate #digging #government

Many journalists seem to believe that we have become little different from our enemies. ↗

— Linda Chavez

#believe #different #journalists #little #many