#sid

It was a mistake. I was wrong, but I discovered this many years later. I was acting on the basis of this mandate given me by the most important leaders of the world: President Bush's father, prime minister of France, President Mitterand, the Chinese, everybody. ↗

— Boutros Boutros-Ghali

#basis #bush #chinese #discovered #everybody

Everybody has a language or code that they use with their wife or their girlfriend or boyfriend or what have you. It's a language aside from the language they have with strangers. I've always been maybe an abuser of alliteration, but I've always loved it and I like how those words sound together. ↗

— Ben Gibbard

#aside #been #boyfriend #code #everybody

The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#always #side #waves #winds

In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning it twice proves you are the best. ↗

— Althea Gibson

#champion #considered #defended #fluke #once

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress. ↗

— Andre Gide

#better #caress #considered #even #friends

The natural response of the old-timers is to build a strong moral wall against the outside. This is where the world starts to be painted in black and white, saints inside, and sinners outside the wall. ↗

— Mary Douglas

#black #black and white #build #inside #moral

These tapes have been found, which were taken from the desk and various bootlegs. At the time we never got to hear them, they didn't seem to be available or they just got put to one side. ↗

— Michael Giles

#been #desk #found #got #hear

The thing about Canada is, you're not really considered a Canadian actor unless you do something with the CBC. ↗

— Lexa Doig

#actor #canada #canadian #considered #really

With The Key, it was, I had gone through a divorce and losing my father, and just kinda really reminiscing about how much I loved the traditional side of country music, so I made a record that was really traditional from start to finish. ↗

— Vince Gill

#country #country music #divorce #father #finish

I want you to know what I have told Australia's Parliament in Canberra - what I told General Petraeus in Kabul - what I told President Obama in the Oval Office this week. Australia will stand firm with our ally the United States. ↗

— Julia Gillard

#australia #canberra #firm #general #i