#ss

In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies. ↗

If you deprive yourself of outsourcing and your competitors do not, you're putting yourself out of business. ↗

#competitors #deprive #out #outsourcing #putting

Of-course we did, but we didn't reply because we knew once this leaks the others will scatter, so in the few days we moved quickly before the press got hold of it. The press did get hold of it a few days later, we nabbed, we were able to get 15, the others got away. ↗

— Lee Kuan Yew

#away #because #before #days #did

We will not reform the yuan until the time is right even if there is external pressure. ↗

— Wu Yi

#external #pressure #reform #right #time

Only people have been through that miserable time will recall the pass from their deep memory. ↗

— Zhang Yimou

#deep #memory #miserable #only #pass

A voice expressing emotion in a musical way moves on. It's like the finale of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - the world turns in on itself, as a universe unto itself, in the shape of one human being. ↗

— Dwight Yoakam

#emotion #expressing #finale #human #human being

I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#dissipation #old-age #age

The purest expression of the doctrine of Liberalism was probably that of Benjamin Constant. ↗

— Francis Parker Yockey

#constant #doctrine #expression #liberalism #probably

The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success. ↗

— Paramahansa Yogananda

#best time #failure #season #seeds #sowing

Rouse him, and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him to reveal himself, so as to find out his vulnerable spots. ↗