#situations

But what shouldn't happen is, you shouldn't have the taxpayers from states that are managing their situations well paying for those states that are not. ↗

— John Thune

#managing #paying #situations #states #taxpayers

I used to hate exposure situations. What is generally referred to as 'red carpet.' ↗

— Christoph Waltz

#exposure #generally #hate #i #red

A lot of the jokes had some build-up to some nasty stuff. But most of it was all character situations leading to what the ultimate payoff would be for that character. ↗

— Shawn Wayans

#character #had #jokes #leading #lot

I like to look at how people work together when they are put into stressful situations, when life stops being cozy. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#cozy #how #i #into #life

Lash had been explaining to her that it's impolite to refer to an African American as a nigga, unless one was another African American, when Troy Lee came in and said, "She only speaks Cantonese." "She does not. She keeps coming in and saying 'What's up my nigga?'" "Oh yeah. She does that to me, too. Did you give her a pound?" "No. I didn't give her a pound, motherfucker. She called me a nigga." "Well, she's not going to quit unless you give her a pound. It's just the way she rolls." "That's some bullshit, Troy." "It's her couch. ↗

— Christopher Moore

#humourous-situations #funny

Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it. ↗

— Doug Larson

#getting #into #keeps #need #quality

So I suppose poetry, language, the shaping of it, was and remains for me an effort to make sense out of essentially senseless situations. ↗

— Thomas Lynch

#essentially #i #language #make #me

It is not acceptable that we continue to see thousands of acres burn because of forest fires, because of poor management on our forests, big kill, and we have these catastrophic situations take place when we are not able to take action. ↗

— Cathy McMorris

#acceptable #acres #action #because #big

My older brother Mike is an excellent trumpet player. By the time he was 12, he was playing around Kansas City in classical situations. He was already an amazing talent. ↗

— Pat Metheny

#amazing #around #brother #by the time #city

I always try to think of a vocabulary to match different musical situations. ↗

— Roscoe Mitchell

#different #i #i always #match #musical