#ma

A man's measure is his will. ↗

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

#man #measure #will

I own almost 100 hotels in North America. Some of them are only in management, but some of them we have some small stakes in them. ↗

— Al-Waleed bin Talal

#america #hotels #i #management #north

Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world. ↗

— Jean-Luc Godard

#beautiful #cinema #fraud #most #most beautiful

The entire American media apparatus bought into the drug war - which is an enormously damaging and costly undertaking for this country - and there wasn't enough critical reporting about it and that's why it's gotten out of hand. ↗

— David Talbot

#american #american media #apparatus #bought #costly

General McChrystal had to go. Whatever his virtues as a strategist and commander, the 'Rolling Stone' interview fatally compromised his ability to represent the United States in dealing with allies and to act within the circle of people who must make decisions in Afghanistan. ↗

— Jim Talent

#act #afghanistan #allies #circle #commander

General Petraeus is not a miracle worker. He can not be successful unless the president creates greater confidence within his own team about the decisions which the president has himself made. ↗

— Jim Talent

#confidence #creates #decisions #general #greater

The old welfare system was hurting people by discouraging work and marriage. Welfare reform, and now this legislation, will build on the understanding that work and strong families are the foundation upon which we build our future. ↗

— Jim Talent

#discouraging #families #foundation #future #hurting

What clever man has ever needed to commit a crime? Crime is the last resort of political half-wits. ↗

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

#clever man #commit #crime #ever #half-wits

I did tests on small stones before collecting and committing myself to the larger ones. ↗

— Andy Goldsworthy

#collecting #committing #did #i #larger

I would find myself laughing and wondering where these ideas came from. You can call it imagination, I suppose. But I was grateful for wherever they came from. ↗

— Amy Tan

#came #find #grateful #i #ideas