#ron

2005 opens with the promise of a number of substantial direct private investments that can swiftly transform the economy and set all sectors on a pronounced upward curve. ↗

— Baldwin Spencer

#direct #economy #investments #number #opens

It was a wrong number that started it, the telephone ringing three times in the dead of night, and the voice on the other end asking for someone he was not. ↗

— Paul Auster

#dead #end #night #number #other

On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#am #answers #apprehend #asked #been

My definition of a green-collar job is this: a family-supporting, career-track job that directly contributes to preserving or enhancing environmental quality. ↗

— Van Jones

#green-job #family

I recorded the song live in front of an orchestra, and yes, I was very moved, I was in tears. ↗

— Burt Bacharach

#i #live #moved #orchestra #recorded

I don't think that bands that make it on their first album are as strong as bands that don't: there is nowhere to go but down. ↗

— Randy Bachman

#bands #down #first #go #i

If you have something that you know is important to you and vital to you... then this will perhaps help people understand the importance of confronting it and being brave about it. ↗

— Tom Wilkinson

#being #brave #confronting #help #help people

What makes me furious, not just because we're in an interview, but I don't like when writers take your words and put them somewhere else, in the wrong context in their own article about you. ↗

— Erykah Badu

#article #because #context #else #furious

I grew up with all mothers, all women. I come from a long line of matriarchs, very strong women. ↗

— Erykah Badu

#grew #i #line #long #long line

Nothing wrong with retouching - nothing new about retouching. ↗

— David Bailey

#new #nothing #nothing new #wrong