#rope

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#been #european #expressionism #i #i think

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#consider #himself #man #property #public

So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even for the general good of the whole community. ↗

— William Blackstone

#community #even #general #general good #good

What you need to do is get that tape measure out, and start measuring that gut. Then you start working out and you start eating properly till that gut gets down close to it was when you were in your 20's. Then you'll find out what your weight should be. ↗

— Jack LaLanne

#down #eating #find #get #gets

The European model is, first, a social and economic system founded on the role of the market, for no computer in the world can process information better than the market. ↗

— Jacques Delors

#computer #economic #economic system #european #first

I'd go to Coney Island to hang out, and I saw a magician doing a rope trick on the boardwalk. I was fascinated. I guess that's how it started. ↗

— David Blaine

#doing #fascinated #go #guess #hang

Europe is merely powerful; India is beautiful. ↗

— Savitri Devi

#europe #india #merely #powerful

Infectious diseases introduced with Europeans, like smallpox and measles, spread from one Indian tribe to another, far in advance of Europeans themselves, and killed an estimated 95% of the New World's Indian population. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#another #diseases #estimated #europeans #far

Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to listen to rock music. ↗

— Tony Blair

#classical music #every #feel #graduate #i

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death. ↗

— Omar N. Bradley

#capacity #death #even #half #perform