#rat

Without sounding too pretentious, I was sort of a slave to the narrative. When the narrative cracks in, I have to go where it takes me. I had to go to the Bohemian Grove. It was the obvious end to the book. ↗

— Jon Ronson

#book #cracks #end #go #grove

It's a real conflict for me when I go to a concert and find out somebody in the audience is a Republican or fundamental Christian. It can cloud my enjoyment. I'd rather not know. ↗

— Linda Ronstadt

#christian #cloud #concert #conflict #enjoyment

Obscenities... I think a lot of dumb people do it because they can't think of what they want to say and they're frustrated. A lot of smart people do it to pretend they aren't very smart - want to be just one of the boys. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#dumb #dumb people #frustrated #i #i think

No man with a conscience can just bat out illustrations. He's got to put all his talent and feeling into them! ↗

— Norman Rockwell

#conscience #feeling #got #his #illustrations

Some people have been kind enough to call me a fine artist. I've always called myself an illustrator. I'm not sure what the difference is. All I know is that whatever type of work I do, I try to give it my very best. Art has been my life. ↗

— Norman Rockwell

#art #artist #been #best #call

I always say if the marathon is a part-time interest, you will only get part-time results. ↗

— Bill Rodgers

#get #i #i always #interest #marathon

I ran my fastest marathon in the rain. ↗

— Bill Rodgers

#i #marathon #rain #ran

Drones can be a highly effective way of dealing with high-priority targets, but they should not become the drug of choice for an administration that is afraid to use successful, legal and safe tactics of the past. ↗

— Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.

#afraid #become #choice #dealing #effective

If the practice is torture for the al Qaeda operative who masterminded the killing of three thousand Americans, why weren't there court-martials in the cases of those thousands of servicemen similarly treated as part of their training? ↗

— Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.

#cases #killing #operative #part #practice

People talk about immigration, but they won't talk about the corruption that actually exists between Mexico and the U.S. ↗

— Robert Rodriguez

#actually #between #corruption #exists #immigration