#ran

The kind of music or the kind of arrangements that I do, the kind of musicians I choose, is just what I like to hear. ↗

— Erykah Badu

#choose #hear #i #i do #just

In 1893 I founded a chemical company which I ran until 1899. ↗

— Leo Baekeland

#company #founded #i #ran #until

The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest; it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#best #casts #causes #certain #greatest

I am very proud of The Saints and I'm very glad that I've been associated with them all these years, but the next record is the best record... has to be the philosophy for any band that remains even halfway decent or vibrant, and that is kind of where my head's at. ↗

— Chris Bailey

#any #associated #band #been #best

Anyone who is portraying Israel as a friend is a servant of Israel. I warn some sides against turning enemies into friends and friends into enemies. Some in the Arab world try to present "Israel" as a friend and Iran as a foe. Yet such conspiracies will fail. "Israel" has not been helping because of its hostile and aggressive nature. The Arab world is realising day after day that Iran is a friend, which was highlighted in Iran's support to Gaza and Lebanon. ↗

— Sayed Hassan Nasrallah

#friends #iran #israel #nature

If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse. ↗

— Abu Bakr

#attracted #bad #ignorant #learned #person

The desire for liberty has also made itself felt as struggle against domestic tyranny or arbitrary rule. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

#also #arbitrary #desire #domestic #felt

The role of Italy and of Austria has diminished as has that of France and Britain; Germany and Japan have suffered catastrophically. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

#britain #catastrophically #diminished #france #germany

There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a tyrannical midwife. ↗

— Stephen Spender

#critic #criticism #justice #like #midwife

We are graced with a godlike ability to transcend time and space in our minds but are chained to death. ↗

— Russell Shorto

#godlike #minds #transcend #death