#open

If observed facts of undoubted accuracy will not fit any of the alternatives it leaves open, the system itself is in need of reconstruction. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#alternatives #any #facts #fit #itself

Mark Helprin and Lawrence Durrell, both of whom write fat and florid novels that appall me now but opened my eyes to the power of fiction when I was in my 20s. ↗

— Kevin Patterson

#eyes #fat #fiction #i #lawrence

I don't think I'm really open to having Washington change me. ↗

— Rand Paul

#having #i #me #open #really

I grew up doing musicals. I've done so many musicals in my life, I kind of got them out of my system. But, I certainly would be open to them. Rocky Horror Show is a big favorite of mine. ↗

— Guy Pearce

#certainly #doing #done #favorite #got

A great gulf, however, has been opened between man's material advance and his social and moral progress, a gulf in which he may one day be lost if it is not closed or narrowed. ↗

— Lester B. Pearson

#been #between #closed #day #great

Republicans support opening the floodgates to special interest money and suppressing the right to vote. It's just plain wrong. ↗

— Nancy Pelosi

#just #money #opening #plain #republicans

The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history. ↗

— Nancy Pelosi

#american people #congress #democrats #ethical #history

It's a clique and I think a clique exists in every business. There's a circle of people that are guaranteed to open a movie and we all know their names and whether they're right or wrong for the role. ↗

— Elizabeth Pena

#circle #clique #every #exists #guaranteed

You can only really open yourself up so far to someone that you don't truly love - you keep something back when you know somewhere in your gut that this relationship is going to be forever. ↗

— Piper Perabo

#far #forever #going #gut #keep

Israel's doors are open to collaboration with Bulgaria. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#collaboration #doors #israel #open