#ran

When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#arise #because #body #enact #execute

I really don't like going out. I don't like restaurants because I don't like the idea of someone, a waitress, being responsible for my evening. I like seconds, and more, and lots of conversation, and I've always hated the idea that in a restaurant an evening just ends. I find that incredibly depressing. ↗

— Amy Sedaris

#because #being #being responsible #conversation #depressing

If you sit down with me, I guarantee I will accept any terms you offer for a contract. ↗

— David O. Selznick

#any #contract #down #guarantee #i

For too long, opponents of the PATRIOT Act have transformed this law into a grossly distorted caricature that bears no relation to the legislation itself. ↗

— Jim Sensenbrenner

#bears #caricature #distorted #grossly #into

What the president is doing is flooding the job market with illegal immigrants that he is giving temporary work permits to. Not fair. ↗

— Jim Sensenbrenner

#fair #flooding #giving #illegal #illegal immigrants

I think there is a real misconception about Indian food being super spicy. And I know that's because when you go into an Indian restaurant, it is pretty spicy. But it doesn't have to be. In fact, my husband can't handle a lot of heat. I've had to temper my cooking so that he can eat with me. ↗

— Aarti Sequeira

#because #being #cooking #eat #fact

Movies are usually difficult, often insane, constantly challenging and always strangely amusing to make. ↗

— Yahoo Serious

#amusing #challenging #constantly #difficult #insane

I know who I am by now. And I am my own brand. ↗

— Chloe Sevigny

#brand #i #i am #know #my own

And now when we hear that Iran and Iraq plan to cooperate more closely and that a fundamentalist is coming to power in Tehran - a man about whom we cannot be sure that he is absolutely averse to terrorism - it is very worrisome. ↗

— Otto Schily

#absolutely #averse #cannot #closely #coming

And the first commandment of feminism is: I am woman; thou shalt not tolerate strange gods who assert that women have capabilities or often choose roles that are different from men's. ↗

— Phyllis Schlafly

#assert #capabilities #choose #commandment #different