#mit

But the debt limit obviously is something that needs to and will be passed. That is not inconsistent with a process and a belief that we have to get significant deficit reduction. ↗

— David Plouffe

#debt #debt limit #deficit #deficit reduction #get

Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.' ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#art #artist #briefly #call #called

Admittedly, the body of scientists, as a whole, does uphold the authority of science over the lay public. It controls thereby also the process by which young men are trained to become members of the scientific profession. ↗

— Michael Polanyi

#also #authority #become #body #controls

In examining the potential of individuals, we must focus on their strengths and not just their mistakes. We cannot be limited by what they may have spilled in the kitchen. ↗

— William Pollard

#examining #focus #individuals #just #kitchen

He imitated me so well that I couldn't stand myself any longer. ↗

— Georges Pompidou

#i #imitated #longer #me #myself

If the individual, or heretic, gets hold of some essential truth, or sees some error in the system being practiced, he commits so many marginal errors himself that he is worn out before he can establish his point. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#being #commits #error #errors #essential

That said, I have come to believe that the more committed one is to leftism, the more likely one is to become meaner. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#believe #come #committed #i #likely

I was ordained one of the standing High Council in Zion, under the hands of President Joseph Smith. ↗

— Orson Pratt

#hands #high #i #joseph #ordained

A man who limits his interests, limits his life. ↗

— Vincent Price

#interests #life #limits #man #who

One of the fun things about being an actor is stepping outside yourself and outside of your own experience. It's challenging yourself to totally commit to something that in your core is so wrong. ↗

— Jason Priestley

#actor #being #challenging #commit #core