#ric

Mother's interest in contemporary American artists emerged during the 1920s. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#artists #contemporary #during #emerged #interest

One of my problems, so to speak, is that, in America, we tend to think in relatively short-term. In the Middle East and Asia and other parts of the world, they think in terms of centuries or 500 years or 1,000 years. ↗

— Jay Rockefeller

#asia #centuries #east #middle #middle east

If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it. ↗

— John D. Rockefeller

#become #goal #never #only #rich

The '20s ended in an era of extravagance, sort of like the one we're in now. There was a big crash, but then the country picked itself up again, and we had some great years. Those were the days when American believed in itself. I was happy and proud to be painting it. ↗

— Norman Rockwell

#american #believed #big #country #crash

I had a couple of million dollars' worth of... stock once. And now it's not worth much more than wallpaper. I guess I just wasn't born to be rich. ↗

— Norman Rockwell

#born to be #couple #dollars #guess #had

The money that we make from the company goes into The Body Shop Foundation, which isn't one of those awful tax shelters like some in America. It just functions to take the money and give it away. ↗

— Anita Roddick

#away #awful #body #body shop #company

America is the best half-educated country in the world. ↗

— Nicholas M. Butler

#america #best #country #world

As I detail in my new book: 'Hard Measures, How Aggressive CIA Actions After 9/11 Saved American Lives,' there are many myths surrounding the detention of a relatively small number of top terrorists at CIA-run 'black sites' from 2002 until they were sent to Guantanamo Bay in 2006. ↗

— Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.

#after #aggressive #american #american lives #bay

I am very concerned that we have given up capabilities and methodologies that have worked in the past. I know they work and I'm concerned because in the future we may need these. So while it is the prerogative of the president to make that decision, I am concerned that in the future we may miss these and we may need them to protect American lives. ↗

— Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.

#american #american lives #because #capabilities #concerned

Because I'm so hands on here at work and always looking at fabrics you have to be mobile and as comfortable as possible. ↗

— Narciso Rodriguez

#because #comfortable #fabrics #hands #here