#our

I was in a really crummy pop-punk band. I think we did a whole bunch of Blink-182 covers, and we were on the fringe of losers and jocks. So we invited all the cool kids to come watch us play in our bass player's brother's bedroom. And it was terrible, but everyone thought we were so cool. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#bass #bedroom #brother #bunch #come

My dad dragged me to a Bruce Springsteen concert as a kid. It was my first concert, but I fell asleep in the middle. My second concert was Weezer on the 'Pinkerton' tour, and 'Pinkerton' is the reason why I'm doing this. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#bruce #bruce springsteen #concert #dad #doing

The Queen and Electric Light Orchestra harmonies are so distinct and fit in our songs so well sometimes, but we don't know how to do them properly. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#electric #electric light #fit #harmonies #how

We love a good, hyped sound, but when it starts to sound insincere, that's when I lose interest. I hope that our music, even if it sounds polished, doesn't sound insincere. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#good #hope #hyped #i #i hope that

Members of the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate are not there by accident. Each managed to get there for some reason. Learn what it was and you will know something important about them, about our country and about the American people. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#accident #american #american people #country #each

One of your tasks is to separate the "personal" from the "substantive." The two can become confused, especially if someone rubs the President wrong. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#confused #especially #personal #president #rubs

God, that dumping ground of our dreams. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#dumping #god #ground #our #our dreams

We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#our time #people #spend #time #whom

Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined. ↗

— Leo Rosten

#confront #courage #imagined

But scientists on both sides of the iron curtain played a very significant role in maintaining the momentum of the nuclear arms race throughout the four decades of the Cold War. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#arms race #both #both sides #cold #cold war