#ric

The American people may not be the best-educated, but they're very wise at heart. ↗

— Norman Lear

#american people #best-educated #heart #may #people

The big lesson I learned from Hurricane Katrina is that we have to be thinking about the unthinkable because sometimes the unthinkable happens. ↗

— Mike Leavitt

#because #big #happens #hurricane #hurricane katrina

I think Hadley is to Rice as Scowcroft was to Kissinger; not inclined to think or act independently. ↗

— Michael Ledeen

#i #i think #inclined #independently #kissinger

I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was dead and call the police. When she didn't, I would cry. I was always theatrical. I don't think any of my relatives are surprised. ↗

— Amy Lee

#any #call #cry #dead #drama

I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama. ↗

— Ang Lee

#american #attracts #because #desert #drama

I have two sons in America, and all they care about in Chinese culture is Jackie Chan and Jet Li. ↗

— Ang Lee

#america #care #chan #chinese #chinese culture

I look at American movies, the big muscles, and try to apply that to Chinese film-making. ↗

— Ang Lee

#american movies #apply #big #chinese #film-making

When I grew up, in Taiwan, the Korean War was seen as a good war, where America protected Asia. It was sort of an extension of World War II. And it was, of course, the peak of the Cold War. People in Taiwan were generally proAmerican. The Korean War made Japan. And then the Vietnam War made Taiwan. There is some truth to that. ↗

— Ang Lee

#asia #cold #cold war #course #extension

You can get rich or famous by doing the same thing. ↗

— Ang Lee

#famous #get #rich #same #thing

If a budget is designed to show our values, it's clear where the majority stands: against opportunity, against education, and against America's hard-working, tax-paying middle class. ↗

— Ellen Tauscher

#america #budget #class #clear #designed