#rant

You know, my brother won't walk out of a restaurant with me anymore because he doesn't want to be linked to me as my new 'mystery man.' Same with my close guy friends. ↗

— Ashley Greene

#because #brother #close #friends #guy

The fact that maybe I had some success playing G'Kar doesn't guarantee me three years later that I can still do it, so I have to keep my senses alive and still be working on it. ↗

— Andreas Katsulas

#fact #guarantee #had #i #i can

Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the citizens and the state, there can be no guarantee of external peace. ↗

— Vaclav Havel

#autonomous #between #citizens #external #free

The Finland of the 21st century can thrive only if women of learning - in common with their male counterparts - are guaranteed the opportunity to use their creative potential to the full. ↗

— Tarja Halonen

#century #common #counterparts #creative #finland

The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed. ↗

— William Henry Harrison

#govern #governed #grant #legitimate #only

Therefore, if we are a Nation of laws and a Nation of immigrants, immigration should occur within a legal framework, not through the machinations of illegal schemes and scams that threaten our national security. ↗

— J. D. Hayworth

#illegal #immigrants #immigration #laws #legal

Trust cannot be commanded; and yet it is also correct that the only one who earns trust is the one who is prepared to grant trust. ↗

— Gustav Heinemann

#cannot #commanded #correct #earns #grant

This music that was supposed to only come from tapes like in any restaurant. Something would happened. One bird will start to do a little jazz thing, and another bird will start to answer. ↗

— John Hench

#answer #any #bird #come #happened

It may be that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,' but I should be loath to see a rose on a maiden's breast substituted by a flower, however beautiful and fragrant it might be, that is went by the name of the skunk lily. ↗

— Alexander Henry

#beautiful #call #flower #fragrant #however

Last, in restaurants you spend a lot of time dealing with people who are very unhappy. Soup has been spilled on their laps, they've waited 10 minutes to get their check so they can leave, and you learn how to listen, I think, in a much more proactive way than government does. ↗

— John Hickenlooper

#check #dealing #does #get #government