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She poured a little social sewage into his ears. ↗

— George Meredith

#his #into #little #poured #sewage

And we know there has been horrendous loss of life and suffering and we know that there is anger. Anyone who came anywhere near the general election in constituencies with a substantial Muslim population knows that. ↗

— Clare Short

#anyone #anywhere #been #came #constituencies

But then Iraq happened after September 2001 and America claimed that Al Qaeda was there, and we all know that was a lie and we now know that our own Prime Minister deceived the country terribly. ↗

— Clare Short

#al #america #claimed #country #deceived

I mean enormous pressure was brought to bear - Valerie Amos, Lady Amos, went round Africa with people from our intelligence services trying to press them. I had to make sure that we didn't promise a misuse of aid in a way that would be illegal. ↗

— Clare Short

#aid #bear #brought #enormous #enormous pressure

I think I'm funny because my family, my siblings were funny. ↗

— Martin Short

#family #funny #i #i think #siblings

All you're trying to do in an improvisation is get as much material as possible for the editing room. ↗

— Martin Short

#get #improvisation #material #much #possible

The manufacture of desire isn't at the heart - if it isn't absurd to speak of a heart - of the media torrent. Chronic dissatisfaction is at the heart of the matter. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#chronic #desire #dissatisfaction #heart #manufacture

David Lynch and I almost made a movie together in the late '80s. We had lots of dinners and lunches. He's a very cool, hip guy. This film, let's face it, is like an homage to him, I would imagine he'd find it funny. ↗

— Martin Short

#cool #david #david lynch #dinners #face

A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused. ↗

— Nigel Short

#dazed #good #leaves #necessarily #opponent

Of course I'm not a racist, but I'm certainly right wing, there's no question about that. ↗

— Nigel Short

#certainly #course #i #question #right