#pit

Despite elections and the experience of post-Soviet personal freedoms by the Russian people, the fate of democracy in Russia is perhaps more ambiguous now than at any time since the collapse of the Communist system. ↗

— Richard Lugar

#any #collapse #communist #democracy #despite

Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state. ↗

— Bela Lugosi

#exploited #less #managers #state #than

The role seemed to demand that I keep myself worked up to fever pitch, so I took on the actual attributes of the horrible vampire, Dracula. ↗

— Bela Lugosi

#attributes #demand #dracula #fever #horrible

The nurses at the hospital tried to soothe me, and they even tried unsuccessfully at one point to return me to Americans. ↗

— Jessica Lynch

#hospital #me #nurses #point #return

I try to visit people in hospitals when I can, smiling and joking while I'm there. But when I leave, I just start crying. ↗

— Loretta Lynn

#hospitals #i #i can #joking #just

I used to look at these pictures of trumpeters pointing their instrument to the ceiling. Stunning pictures, but if you play the trumpet and point it upwards, all the spit comes back into your mouth! ↗

— Humphrey Lyttelton

#ceiling #comes #i #instrument #into

I don't care if we're out of it or not, if I've got a chance to pitch, I want to. ↗

— Greg Maddux

#chance #got #i #out #pitch

What if capitalism is unsustainable, and socialism is impossible? ↗

— Ken MacLeod

#impossible #socialism #unsustainable #what if

Build into each budget the cost of hiring and don't lump yourself with capital investment. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#build #capital #capital investment #cost #each

Most of the women who have offered themselves for public office over the years have done so, I believe, more because of the 'dirt' than in spite of it. ↗

— Agnes Macphail

#believe #dirt #done #i #i believe