#reference

I can't live for more than four years outside of Canada. I'm Canadian, so ultimately that is my reference point. ↗

— Yann Martel

#canadian #four #i #live #more

The young Obama's lack of playing time on the high school basketball team was due more to his ability than the coach's preference for white players. ↗

— David Moranis

#basketball #basketball team #coach #due #high

Let lying dogs sleep is something I always say in reference to the Smiths. ↗

— Steven Patrick Morrissey

#dogs #i #i always #lying #reference

I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man. ↗

— Themistocles

#i #likely #man #money #preference

I learned how fast you can go from being an international hero to being a reference in a joke on a late night talk show. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#fast #go #hero #how #i

I will, proudly and by preference, do at least one picture a year for King Brothers, and I will try to make it the best picture that I have it in me to do. ↗

— Dalton Trumbo

#best picture #brothers #i #king #least

The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#common #interpret #language #mankind #means

Certainly I had my preference, and I very much hoped that George W. Bush would be our next president. ↗

— Katherine Harris

#certainly #george #george w #had #hoped

I especially object to having my character assassinated by reference to events from my past which bear absolutely no relationship to the question of who the anthrax killer is. ↗

— Steven Hatfill

#anthrax #assassinated #bear #character #especially

I think young people have a wonderful reaction to color because it's not screwed up by too many references. ↗

— Jim Hodges

#color #i #i think #many #people