#lor

Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions? ↗

— Camille Paglia

#complacent #conditions #elite #glories #greedy

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#conflict #glorious #harder #more #triumph

I always wanted to be an explorer, but - it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly person. ↗

— Michael Palin

#doomed #explorer #i #i always #more

I've been obsessed with this kind of visual storytelling for quite a while, and I try to create material that allows me to explore it. ↗

— Brian De Palma

#been #create #explore #i #kind

I got into this little habit of architecture and building. I designed a house in Colorado and one in Hawaii. The idea is supposed to be build and sell - but then I can never bring myself to sell them. ↗

— Trey Parker

#bring #build #building #colorado #designed

The more color, the more nutrients, usually. ↗

— Tina Thompson

#more #nutrients #usually

But I loved the theatre and I was just doing theatre 24/7 and kept dropping courses because I didn't have the time and the chancellor thought that wasn't a good idea after awhile. ↗

— Mandy Patinkin

#awhile #because #chancellor #courses #doing

I was very against pink and purple when I was young, because they were girls' colors. But that was only because I didn't want people to write me off for what I can do. When I got into my 20s, I decided that was stupid. ↗

— Danica Patrick

#because #colors #decided #got #i

A free society will abide unofficial, private discrimination, even when that means allowing hate-filled groups to exclude people based on the color of their skin. ↗

— Rand Paul

#allowing #based #color #discrimination #even

I taped my first series for PBS in 1982 at WJCT-TV in Jacksonville, Florida. The show, called 'Everyday Cooking with Jacques Pepin,' was about saving time and money in the kitchen - and it was a celebration of simple and unpretentious food. ↗

— Jacques Pepin

#called #celebration #cooking #everyday #first