#par

They can't take your house and give it to the mayor's mistress, even if they pay you for it. But they can, apparently, take your house and tear it down to make room for a development of trendy shops and restaurants, a hotel and so on. ↗

— Michael Kinsley

#development #down #even #give #hotel

There's a wider agenda that speaks to what the Democratic Party has historically stood for, which are economic rights for those who are struggling in the middle class, concern for the poor, for economic justice for those who are marginalized in our society. ↗

— Mike McCurry

#class #concern #democratic #democratic party #economic

Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts. ↗

— Charles Lamb

#gentle #inspires #thoughts

Enthusiasm is the divine particle in our composition: with it we are great, generous, and true; without it, we are little, false, and mean. ↗

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

#divine #enthusiasm #false #generous #great

The Tea Party movement as I perceive it is all about recognizing the difference between state and federal powers. And that there are limits to federal power that need to be respected. ↗

— Mike Lee

#between #difference #federal #i #limits

We see them when they come to New York. They stay at my wife's apartment. We have quite a correspondence with them at all times. They play a very important role, the authors in the firm, because so much of the material we publish is suggested by them. ↗

— James Laughlin

#authors #because #come #correspondence #firm

If you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, don't teach him to subtract teach him to deduct. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#deduct #future #him #preparing #serious

The villain is usually the most interesting part. But it has to be a smart thing. Just dumb cliche villains with a Russian accent and big muscles and a mean face, I don't know. My Russian accent isn't that great, and the muscles aren't that big and the mean face is not enough. You know what I mean? It gets very boring. Tedious stuff. ↗

— Christoph Waltz

#big #boring #cliche #dumb #enough

I did get a very fine education, and not just in science. It took some pressure on the part of my elders to convince me that I really should take an interest in humanities. ↗

— Joshua Lederberg

#did #education #elders #fine #get

When I need the idea, I can find it immediately. I have a horror of rewriting or deleting; the parts of my composition are carried in my head 'till I can write them down, even to the last note. Then I do not alter a jot. ↗

— Ruggero Leoncavallo

#carried #composition #down #even #find