#si

I speak Urdu quite a lot, too, and I read a lot of Persian. ↗

— Juan Cole

#lot #persian #quite #read #speak

Administering another country is always a very tricky proposition. ↗

— Juan Cole

#always #another #country #proposition #tricky

I think that there's been an unfortunate tendency for right wing think tanks to dominate these discussions. They often produce very shoddy studies and policy recommendations, which are nevertheless taken very seriously. ↗

— Juan Cole

#discussions #dominate #i #i think #nevertheless

Murder is an offensive act. The term cannot be applied legitimately to any defensive act. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

#any #applied #cannot #defensive #legitimately

I make no claim to being a business genius. You can make so much money in this business that it loses its value. ↗

— Nat King Cole

#business #claim #genius #i #loses

I'm a musician at heart, I know I'm not really a singer. I couldn't compete with real singers. But I sing because the public buys it. ↗

— Nat King Cole

#buys #compete #heart #i #know

I'm in the music business for one purpose - to make money. ↗

— Nat King Cole

#i #make #money #music #music business

But at the age of 44, I sure hope to be a better businesswoman. I want to get the music straight to my fans. ↗

— Paula Cole

#better #businesswoman #fans #get #hope

I don't like to sit and bask in my own awards. Awards represent artistic death to me. ↗

— Paula Cole

#awards #bask #death #i #like

I wanted to be a cheerleader, like my sister was - all the most popular and beautiful girls are cheerleaders and I wanted that, and it demolished this vision of myself. That's when I found the piano, when music saved me; that's when I first attempted to write my own songs. ↗

— Paula Cole

#beautiful #beautiful girls #cheerleader #cheerleaders #demolished