#sid

Who, other than a crazy person, does anything besides hang up on a robo-call? Any call, any person, anywhere, under any circumstances. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#anything #anywhere #besides #call #circumstances

I was just glad to meet somebody outside of my group of small town friends who was into music. Somebody else who had aspirations to do something more than sing at a record hop. ↗

— John Oates

#else #friends #glad #group #had

A typical biography relying upon individuals' notorious memories and the anecdotes they've invented contains a high degree of fiction, yet is considered 'nonfiction.' ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#biography #considered #contains #degree #fiction

I consider tragedy the highest form of art. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#consider #form #highest #highest form #i

When I complete a novel I set it aside, and begin work on short stories, and eventually another long work. When I complete that novel I return to the earlier novel and rewrite much of it. In the meantime the second novel lies in a desk drawer. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#aside #begin #complete #desk #drawer

And I will do everything that I can as long as I am President of the United States to remind the American people that we are one nation under God, and we may call that God different names but we remain one nation. ↗

— Barack Obama

#american #american people #call #different #different names

I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear. ↗

— Barack Obama

#appear #consider #fight #i #islam

One of the great strengths of the United States is... we have a very large Christian population - we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values. ↗

— Barack Obama

#christian #christian nation #citizens #consider #great

We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely. ↗

— Barack Obama

#go #i #line #make #money

I think it is important for Europe to understand that even though I am president and George Bush is not president, Al Qaeda is still a threat. ↗

— Barack Obama

#am #bush #europe #even #george