#star

I feel most empires fell when they started to act human, but then look at Russia. They kept a pretty strong hand, and they fell from Afghanistan alone because Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires. I guess you just can't sustain it. ↗

— Colin Quinn

#afghanistan #alone #because #empires #feel

It's always in the second administration when things start to go sour. They circle the wagons. ↗

— Sally Quinn

#always #circle #go #second #sour

I never read Playboy before I started working there and stopped reading it the day I quit. ↗

— Harold Ramis

#day #i #i quit #never #playboy

Ricky Nelson... I couldn't believe it when he died. He was a great rock star. ↗

— Dee Dee Ramone

#died #great #i #nelson #ricky

I started listening to and playing other music in the '90s. It was after hearing other bands, like Bad Religion, cover Ramones songs that I started to like our songs again. ↗

— Dee Dee Ramone

#again #bad #bands #cover #hearing

As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner's medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it's three-Michelin's stars, there's no greater than that. So pushing yourself to the extreme creates a lot of pressure and a lot of excitement, and more importantly, it shows on the plate. ↗

— Gordon Ramsay

#chef #creates #cup #excitement #extreme

The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody's ego, that's it, game over. ↗

— Gordon Ramsay

#ego #game #minute #over #sake

Running started as a way of relaxing. It's the only time I have to myself. No phones or e-mails or faxes. ↗

— Gordon Ramsay

#faxes #i #myself #only #only time

A lot of us think we're invincible... but we have to start putting ourselves on the to-do list. ↗

— Giuliana Rancic

#list #lot #ourselves #putting #start

I started realizing I could be an example for women to not just be aware of breast cancer but to act on it, to make an appointment, to give themselves an exam. ↗

— Giuliana Rancic

#appointment #aware #breast cancer #cancer #could