#om

The Phantom, as well as being backed up by that music, it just so was a role that I identified with so powerfully. From the first second that I walked on to perform. ↗

— Gerard Butler

#being #first #i #identified #just

Offhand, the only North American writers I can think of who have come from a background of rural poverty and gone on to write about it have been Negroes. ↗

— Alden Nowlan

#american #american writers #background #been #come

There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. ↗

— Smedley Butler

#bill #bill of rights #defense #fight #homes

But I do mean to say, I have heard her declare, When at the same moment she had on a dress Which cost five hundred dollars, and not a cent less, And jewelry worth ten times more, I should guess, That she had not a thing in the wide world to wear! ↗

— William Allen Butler

#cost #declare #dollars #dress #five

We desecrated the traditional values, but new values didn't come along. ↗

— Rocco Buttiglione

#come #new #traditional #traditional values #values

John Paul II, above all, managed to contain the huge mass of frustration, of hate that had accumulated in that region, in favour of a peaceful transition. This was, without doubt, something that changed European history. ↗

— Rocco Buttiglione

#changed #contain #doubt #european #favour

The family exists in order to allow women to have children and to have the protection of a male who takes care of them. ↗

— Rocco Buttiglione

#care #children #exists #family #male

The people ask much, often more than any government can give. We must resist the temptation to promise solutions to all problems. ↗

— Jane Byrne

#ask #give #government #more #much

That's what really makes great skating competitions. When you have two top skaters in good form giving superb performances. ↗

— Dick Button

#form #giving #good #great #makes

If someone was making a movie about F1 in the last six months, they wouldn't need to add a Hollywood ending. If they do make that movie, it's got to be 'The Curious Case Of Jenson Button,' where I've lived my life backwards. I'd like Johnny Depp to play me but he wouldn't be quite right. ↗

— Jenson Button

#add #backwards #button #case #curious