#red

What I've discovered and really confirmed to myself is that opera really likes loud colours, and you need something bold, something savage, unpredictable, passionate. You can't really run a two-hour opera round some muted murmuring. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#colours #confirmed #discovered #i #likes

When Jackie got his big contract at CBS and was putting together what turned out to be almost a stock company of players, he remembered Frank and said, 'Get me that kid who played the jail sketch.' ↗

— Audrey Meadows

#big #cbs #company #contract #frank

A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people; but a strong people can alone build up a great nation. ↗

— Thomas Francis Meagher

#build #good #good government #government #great

As we celebrate Black History Month we should be grateful for the achievements they made and inspired by their legacies to continue their work. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#be grateful #black #black history #celebrate #continue

It is never too late to regain our credibility around the world. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#credibility #it is never too late #late #never #never too late

Mrs. Parks' act of brave defiance rocked the foundation of American society and inspired generations of civil rights leaders and created a sense of hope for every American facing legal discrimination in this country. ↗

— Kendrick Meek

#american #american society #brave #civil #civil rights

I always admired virtue - but I could never imitate it. ↗

— Charles II

#always #could #i #i always #imitate

You had better have one King than five hundred. ↗

— Charles II

#five #had #hundred #king #than

I've never fallen in love right off the bat. I get scared to say I love you too soon because it means so much. It means you're not seeing an end to things. ↗

— Leighton Meester

#because #end #fallen #get #i

We've suffered a war, and one thing we know: Whenever our nation's faced war, whether it was in the 1980s when we were winning the Cold War or in the 1940s during World War II, the responsible thing to do has been to borrow money to win the war. ↗

— Ken Mehlman

#borrow #cold #cold war #during #faced