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I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people. ↗

— Jesse Ventura

#because #decided #directly #got #government

The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#book #concepts #contains #dumb #eye

I've been on the tour for many, many years. It's time for me to go now, before it's too late. ↗

— Stefan Edberg

#before #go #i #late #many

Before Truman, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously. ↗

— Gerald Clarke

#journalism #non-fiction #seriously #taken #truman

We are willing to spend the least amount of money to keep a kid at home, more to put him in a foster home and the most to institutionalize him. ↗

— Marian Wright Edelman

#foster #him #home #keep #kid

I don't regard myself as a great classical or jazz pianist. I like country music, but I'm not a great player. I just like music. Drums 'n' bass is pretty exciting and I'd love to explore it. ↗

— Keith Emerson

#classical #country #country music #drums #exciting

I had written movie scores, television series, played with other people. Carl had done the same with Asia, with other bands, everything. We weren't about to entrust Greg automatically with a production credit. ↗

— Keith Emerson

#asia #automatically #bands #carl #credit

Fame is useful in certain ways, because it helps you get more roles. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

#certain #certain ways #fame #get #helps

I think sport in general affects what people see in movies. I always try to explain to people in Hollywood that we have to make movies more like sport because, in sport, everything can happen and it's so much better than movies in some ways. ↗

— Roland Emmerich

#always #because #better #everything #explain

Basketball made me happy to be tall. And more secure about myself than I ever would have been without it. ↗

— Matt Emmons

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