#nat

VH1 does its little '80s retro thing once in a while, all of us in our bad hairdos and unfortunate clothes. ↗

— Debbi Peterson

#clothes #does #hairdos #little #once

I studied economics and made it my career for two reasons. The subject was and is intellectually fascinating and challenging, particularly to someone with taste and talent for theoretical reasoning and quantitative analysis. ↗

— James Tobin

#career #challenging #economics #fascinating #i

We're here so that Afghanistan does not once again become a sanctuary for transnational extremists the way it was when al-Qaeda planned the 9/11 attacks in the Kandahar area, conducted the initial training for the attackers in training camps in Afghanistan before they moved on to Germany and then to U.S. flight schools. ↗

— David Petraeus

#again #al-qaeda #area #attackers #attacks

I love history, doesn't matter what era, I'm fascinated. ↗

— Tom Petty

#fascinated #history #i #i love #love

The first time I tried to write was when I was 14, after I got an electric guitar. I put a song together, and it wasn't that bad! The writing came natural to me. ↗

— Tom Petty

#bad #came #electric #electric guitar #first

An house is of a double nature, viz., one, wherein it is a way and means of expence, the other as it is an instrument and tool of gain. ↗

— William Petty

#gain #house #instrument #means #nature

And, you know, being able to wear the stars and stripes, when you step up on one of the blocks or, you know, when you step off of an airplane or when you hear the national anthem play, you know, it's one of the greatest feelings in the world because you know that there are people at home who are supporting you and watching you. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#airplane #anthem #because #being #blocks

I learned how fast you can go from being an international hero to being a reference in a joke on a late night talk show. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#fast #go #hero #how #i

Unfortunately in sport it's either good or bad. You've got to take the highs and the lows. ↗

— Zara Phillips

#either #good #got #highs #lows

The way I understand it, the Russians are sort of a combination of evil and incompetence... sort of like the Post Office with tanks. ↗

— Emo Philips

#evil #i #incompetence #like #office