#rio

All of us should have free choice when it comes to patriotic displays... a government wisely acting within its bounds will earn loyalty and respect from its citizens. A government dare not demand the same. ↗

— Jesse Ventura

#bounds #choice #citizens #comes #dare

For great is truth, and shall prevail. ↗

— Thomas Brooks

#end #found #glorious #glory #god

I write about five thousand words a day, when working on a book, about three thousand a day if I'm writing a short story. I take long periods off between projects, when I read a lot, garden, and think about the next book or stories. ↗

— Eric Brown

#between #book #day #five #garden

If good history is dispassionate history, it must naturally wait until the passions of the period subside. ↗

— James Buchan

#good #history #must #naturally #passions

Around the age of 14, 15, I was in the studio, serious about it. ↗

— Young Buck

#age #around #i #serious #studio

One death to a man is a serious thing: a dozen neutralize one another. ↗

— Richard Francis Burton

#death #dozen #man #neutralize #serious

The bad news for journalists today is that the media, however seriously people who are in the public eye take it, is not taken as seriously as it once was - by the public. ↗

— Alastair Campbell

#bad news #eye #however #journalists #media

Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff. ↗

— Colin Powell

#bean #politics #serious #stuff #tough

Preserving and protecting the state tobacco settlement funds is the nation's Governors highest priority. ↗

— Mel Carnahan

#governors #highest #highest priority #nation #preserving

Since I'm allergic to various things, the army wouldn't accept me during the war, and I got into the Office of War Information, which sent music to Europe. ↗

— Elliott Carter

#allergic #army #during #europe #got