#sly

No, I'm not rich. I had a tax problem in this country, curiously enough, and my accountant said the British government was patently wrong in taxing me, and they were, but we couldn't persuade them and it cost me everything I had. ↗

— Donald Sutherland

#british #british government #cost #country #curiously

But I think the possibility of a black and white society feeding each other's expertises, living harmoniously, will probably go along in fits and starts now but at least it has a great constitution now to back it up. ↗

— Janet Suzman

#back #black #black and white #constitution #each

Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously. ↗

— Aaron Swartz

#being #bright #bright lights #down #expect

The entire American media apparatus bought into the drug war - which is an enormously damaging and costly undertaking for this country - and there wasn't enough critical reporting about it and that's why it's gotten out of hand. ↗

— David Talbot

#american #american media #apparatus #bought #costly

There is probably nothing wrong with art for art's sake if we take the phrase seriously, and not take it to mean the kind of poetry written in England forty years ago. ↗

— Allen Tate

#art #england #forty #forty years #kind

I take my responsibilities very seriously. ↗

— Roger Goodell

#responsibilities #seriously #take #very

You're a Catholic in Italy when you're born, it's unthinkable to stop being Catholic. You just take the rules a lot more seriously, because it pervades your culture. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#being #born #catholic #culture #italy

It was this weird confrontation of these two delicious flavors that got me consciously or subconsciously combining Lincoln and vampires as an observational in-joke with myself. ↗

— Seth Graham-Smith

#confrontation #consciously #delicious #flavors #got

We are obsessed with image. I don't think we should take it that seriously. ↗

— Geri Halliwell

#image #obsessed #seriously #should #take

Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not. ↗

— Vaclav Havel

#anyone #consistently #does #himself #laugh