#places

One of the enduring problems with certain societies in the world - and this is certainly true of a lot of places in the Middle East - is that the capacity for self-governance and self-organizing just isn't there. It has to do with history. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#certain #certainly #east #enduring #history

I feel comfortable in places like London. You get many cultures in L.A. but it's strangely segregated. ↗

— Sandra Oh

#cultures #feel #get #i #i feel

I think airports are places of huge human drama. The more I see of it, the more I am convinced that Heathrow is a secret city, with its own history, folklore and mythology. But what has surprised me is the love the people who work there feel for the place. Everyone seems to think they are plugged into something majestic. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#city #convinced #drama #everyone #feel

I've been visiting Thailand for more than 20 years but didn't fall in love with it until I visited Phuket Town in Phuket. The northern part of Phuket is one of the most fascinating places I've ever been, and largely unspoilt and unknown. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#ever #fall #fascinating #i #largely

I'd always have grease in at least two places, in case the umpires would ask me to wipe one off. I never wanted to be caught out there with anything though, it wouldn't be professional. ↗

— Gaylord Perry

#anything #ask #case #caught #grease

My big places to shop are Wal-Mart and Target - seriously. That is where half of my stuff comes from now. ↗

— Kelly Preston

#comes #half #now #places #seriously

The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government. ↗

— William O. Douglas

#constitution #critical #government #places #point

Mullets are still going strong in the south and places like St Louis or the Carolinas. ↗

— Trevor Dunn

#going #like #louis #places #south

There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire. ↗

— Jules Renard

#completely #entire #moments #places #sees

For the greater beauty of the instrument, the balls representing the planets are to be of considerable bigness; but so contrived, that they may be taken off at pleasure, and others, much smaller, and fitter for some purposes, put in their places. ↗

— David Rittenhouse

#beauty #bigness #considerable #contrived #fitter