#rio

I don't ever want to be hugely famous because I had a little taste of it after 'East Is East' and 'Bend It.' ↗

— Archie Panjabi

#comes #concern #deteriorated #ease #fail

Of all celestial bodies within reach or view, as far as we can see, out to the edge, the most wonderful and marvellous and mysterious is turning out to be our own planet earth. There is nothing to match it anywhere, not yet anyway. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#anywhere #as far as #bodies #celestial #earth

Obama has been attacked repeatedly for not wearing a flag pin, with Republicans claiming that his patriotism is in question. It's all a bit silly. ↗

— Will Thomas

#been #bit #claiming #flag #his

Sending our young men and women into battle is perhaps the most serious course of action a Nation can undertake. ↗

— Bennie Thompson

#battle #course #into #men #men and women

I don't want to say never, but I hope I don't become that 'take me seriously now' guy. ↗

— Trey Parker

#guy #hope #i #me #never

Start-up teams are always in flux, so, like all start-ups, we're always talking to candidates for various key roles. ↗

— Sean Parker

#candidates #flux #key #like #roles

Our problems started in Dallas, when the fire-breathing sheep destroyed the King Tut exhibit. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#destruction #earthquakes #floods #funny #funny-and-random

The trouble with Nixon is that he's a serious politics junkie. He's totally hooked and like any other junkie, he's a bummer to have around, especially as President. ↗

— Hunter S. Thompson

#around #bummer #especially #hooked #junkie

At this point the theater America is in such a precarious place. ↗

— Estelle Parsons

#place #point #precarious #such #theater

I was probably 7 years old when I started playing the guitar and writing some serious songs. ↗

— Dolly Parton

#i #old #playing #probably #serious