#luc

I did my military service from 1989 - 92 and I was never shot at or had to fire on anybody. I was very lucky. I was more involved in intelligence and counter-intelligence. ↗

— Oded Fehr

#counter-intelligence #did #fire #had #i

Inflation is lower and more stable and the real business cycle fluctuations are more modest. ↗

— Martin Feldstein

#cycle #fluctuations #inflation #lower #modest

Baseball is only a game, a game of inches and a lot of luck. During a time of all-out war, sports are very insignificant. ↗

— Bob Feller

#baseball #during #game #inches #insignificant

The British have been particularly shy about the issues of financial regulation, and attentive only to the interests of the City - hence their reluctance to see the introduction of a tax on financial transactions and tax harmonisation in Europe. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#attentive #been #british #city #europe

It took me so many years to move out. I'm definitely a bit of a Peter Pan, reluctant to grow up. It all seemed really nice at home-why change it? Part of me would prefer not to have any responsibility whatsoever. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#bit #change #definitely #grow #grow up

I've flown out of character so many times. In that sense I've been lucky, because I've been given the liberty to do just about anything I've wanted to do in my lifetime. ↗

— June Carter Cash

#anything #because #been #character #flown

I'm so lucky to have a career in my fifties. And to still have the desire to do it. I don't think about retirement. ↗

— Kim Cattrall

#career #desire #fifties #i #lucky

I've never considered stand-up. Luckily I'm given great lines to say. I'm not sure how great my timing would be if I actually had to come up with my own jokes. ↗

— Emma Caulfield

#come #considered #given #great #had

Moby Dick - that book is so amazing. I just realized that it starts with two characters meeting in bed; that's how my book begins, too, but I hadn't noticed the parallel before, two characters forced to share a bed, reluctantly. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#bed #before #begins #book #characters

And luckily, therefore the good old days return. The traditional art of driving counts again, and it is all about good tactics, skills and reflexes instead of simple power. ↗

— Jacky Ickx

#again #art #counts #days #driving