#or

The immediate, highest priority need, in my humble opinion, is that we build quickly the interim structures that can channel water away from population and businesses in the New Orleans area. ↗

— Billy Tauzin

#away #build #businesses #channel #highest

The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism. ↗

— A. J. P. Taylor

#communism #crusade #even #imaginary #more

Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness. ↗

— A. J. P. Taylor

#history #human #more #shape #than

Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914. ↗

— A. J. P. Taylor

#being #capitalism #capitalist #caused #course

There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment - and nothing more corrupting. ↗

— A. J. P. Taylor

#corrupting #establishment #life #make #more

From doing Power Station, it was like, it's the same guys, but it doesn't sound like them. When we were in Duran, the labels and management wanted more Duran stuff so they could sell it. ↗

— Andy Taylor

#doing #duran #guys #labels #like

I discovered that it was a lonely world being a solo artist. Then I started working with another solo artist, Rod Stewart, and he used to tell me how lonely he was! ↗

— Andy Taylor

#artist #being #discovered #how #i

I don't think you need a record deal to write songs. You don't need any other reason than you want to do it. It's a far cry from why some people do music today. They make it to order, which is pretty horrible. ↗

— Andy Taylor

#cry #deal #far #horrible #i

The thing about Duran... that gives you the ability to bring all that opportunity back into your life. ↗

— Andy Taylor

#about #back #bring #duran #gives

I was shown into a room. A red room. Red wallpaper, red curtains, red carpet. They said it was a sitting-room, but I don’t know why they’d decided to confine its purpose just to sitting. Obviously, sitting was one of the things you could do in a room this size; but you could also stage operas, hold cycling races, and have an absolutely cracking game of frisbee, all at the same time, without having to move any of the furniture. It could rain in a room this big. ↗

— Hugh Laurie

#enormous #funny #hyperbole #rooms #funny