#sm

It's time to save the U.N. from its own scandals and mismanagement. It's time for U.N. Reform with teeth. ↗

— Mike Pence

#own #reform #save #scandals #teeth

China has always maintained that all countries, big or small, rich or poor, strong or weak, are equal members of the international community and they should stand and speak in the world as such. ↗

— Li Peng

#big #china #community #countries #equal

Right now, my daughter's just rolling her eyes at everything I do; I'm just an embarrassment. ↗

— Elizabeth Perkins

#embarrassment #everything #eyes #her #i

When you play a concerto with a small orchestra, you don't feel it is as important as Carnegie Hall. You try to work out all the little problems. Once that's all done, trust comes in. ↗

— Itzhak Perlman

#carnegie hall #comes #concerto #done #feel

Well, I was lucky enough to be involved in about 19 failures at an early age, so I'm realistic about the success I'm having and how quickly it can go away. What's important is to be smart about it. ↗

— Matthew Perry

#age #away #early #early age #enough

Almighty God, I am sorry I am now an atheist, but have You read Nietzsche? ↗

— John Fante

#god #nietzsche #atheist

I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent. ↗

— Madeleine Peyroux

#artists #bunch #discovered #early #especially

Age seldom arrives smoothly or quickly. It's more often a succession of jerks. ↗

— Jean Rhys

#arrives #jerks #more #often #quickly

The world holds two classes of men - intelligent men without religion, and religious men without intelligence. ↗

— Abu'l-Ala-Al-Ma'arri

#intelligence #religion #world #intelligence

It's important to be smart, but it's also important to be active with your intelligence. The more you sit around over-thinking things, the more trouble you get into. ↗

— Alisa Valdes

#smart #intelligence