#rating

We are demonstrating for services for all the people and not just services for money. It's very important that this message goes to the European Parliament today. ↗

— John Monks

#european #goes #important #just #message

In every area of the world where there is earthquake risk, there are still many buildings of this type; it is very frustrating to try to get rid of them. ↗

— Charles Francis Richter

#buildings #earthquake #every #frustrating #get

I was number one in the ratings four times last year and twice this season. What could be more damn equal than that? If they get any more equal, I don't want it. ↗

— Flip Wilson

#could #damn #equal #four #get

In order to align your life choices with your values, you will need to inquire about the effects of your actions (and inactions) on yourself and others. Although we are always stumbling upon new knowledge that shifts our choices and life direction, bringing conscious inquiry to life means that we continually ask questions that lead us to the information we need to make thoughtful decisions. Asking questions is liberating because we develop great understanding and discover more choices with our new knowledge. ↗

— Zoe Weil

#education #humane #informed-decisions #liberating #vegan

If we think of the novel and the epic...The difference lies in the fact that the important thing about the epic is a hero--a man who is a pattern for all men. While, as Mencken pointed out, the essence of most novels lies in the breaking down of a man, in the degeneration of character. ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

#ennobling-versus-degenerating #epics-versus-novels #men

I'm not exaggerating when I say that the 761st was Patton's best tank unit and nobody knew about it. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#best #exaggerating #i #knew #nobody

I understand personally that it is frustrating to lose presidential elections by narrow margins. ↗

— James Baker

#frustrating #i #lose #margins #narrow

Ratings have changed, viewer habits have changed and the options for the audience have grown enormously, but I don't think how you tell a story is fundamentally different. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#changed #different #enormously #fundamentally #grown

It is a bit frustrating. Things come and go in television. At the moment they've gone. ↗

— Clive Anderson

#come #come and go #frustrating #go #gone

What fun it would be to be poor, as long as one was excessively poor! Anything in excess is most exhilarating. ↗

— Jean Anouilh

#excess #excessively #exhilarating #fun #long