#polis

To the contrary, when you look at projections, both Polish and international, we can expect some slowing down of the rate of growth in the coming year, 2012. But of course these are projections. ↗

— Marek Belka

#coming #contrary #course #down #expect

I don't know why people think I'm polished - I often leave the house with buttons missing and ladders in my tights. ↗

— Sophie Ellis Bextor

#house #i #know #ladders #leave

Minneapolis has two seasons: Road Removal and Snow Repair. ↗

— Steven Brust

#removal #repair #road #seasons #snow

Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#civil #graceful #nobility #order #ornament

If you polish things too much, it loses the feeling. ↗

— Geezer Butler

#loses #much #polish #things #too

In Hollywood today, it's cool for guys to wear nail polish and earrings in their lips and tongues. I don't get it. ↗

— Scott Caan

#earrings #get #guys #hollywood #i

I had to fight like hell to convince people I was beautiful in my own Polish half-breed way. ↗

— Janice Dickinson

#convince #fight #had #hell #i

I'm Polish, I carry no grudges. ↗

— John Dingell

#grudges #i #polish

I’ve often wondered why the Protestant Reformation took place in Germany, rather than in Poland. Then I realize that Luther had to nail his 95 theses to the church door, and the Poles didn’t know how to operate a hammer. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#church #germany #hammer #lutheran #martin-luther

Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. The most exciting letters I received were from people in places like that. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#european #every #exciting #goes #i