#me

Unlike despotisms, modern democracies are not supposed promiscuously to accumulate property and then charge their taxpayers to maintain it. But that is what they do. Governments are always trying to extend their responsibilities and their estates, and it is very hard for parliaments to reign them in. ↗

— James Buchan

#always #charge #democracies #estates #extend

A bad liver is to a Frenchman what a nervous breakdown is to an American. Everyone has had one and everyone wants to talk about it. ↗

— Art Buchwald

#american #bad #breakdown #everyone #frenchman

Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#kiss #kissing #love #most #mothers

I came back to the hood and got in those streets and started doing whatever it took for me to provide. ↗

— Young Buck

#came #doing #got #hood #i

Certain elements may try to stretch this beyond what it is. ↗

— Ron Ziegler

#certain #elements #may #stretch #try

Even though I had pushed through the Tango album, it was just not a very good environment to be in on a daily basis. In many ways, this is the best time of my life. ↗

— Lindsey Buckingham

#basis #best #best time #daily #daily basis

As a kid I used to pretend I was John Denver, of all people, and play the guitar and sing Take Me Home, Country Roads. ↗

— Skeet Ulrich

#denver #guitar #home #i #john

I never thought I could learn much from a dog or cat. They sleep when we sleep. They eat when we eat. I'm into observing animals being as wild as they can be in a captive environment. ↗

— Dominic Monaghan

#captive #cat #could #dog #eat

It's really touching that we can come back after so long and care about making an album that says as much as this one does. And after all this time, we really do care about each other. ↗

— Lindsey Buckingham

#after #album #back #care #come

They tried to get me to use a pick when I first joined the band. They had certain things they thought were appropriate. I tried to adapt as much as I could. ↗

— Lindsey Buckingham

#appropriate #band #certain #certain things #could