#ted

I'm a fairly tormented artist, and I'm less willing to indulge myself in self-pity, outside of songwriting. ↗

— Dave Matthews

#fairly #i #indulge #less #myself

I was just very interested in the American frontier and the growth of capitalism - those enormous fortunes that were being made, more often than not, on the blood of poor people, black people, Indian people. They were the ones who paid very dearly for those great fortunes. ↗

— Peter Matthiessen

#being #black #blood #capitalism #dearly

I know that when Terry and I were together, 10 years ago, he did not appreciate it when people would ask him what it is like being partnered with a celebrity. Precisely because it suggested that he had no value. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#appreciate #ask #because #being #celebrity

Of course the United States and Russia have different interests. Nevertheless, both are strategic partners. ↗

— Valentina Matviyenko

#course #different #interests #nevertheless #partners

We have had virtually unlimited access to abortion for nearly twenty years. Yet during that same period, more and more women and children have slipped into poverty. ↗

— Robert Casey

#access #children #during #had #into

I'm the age now that Rock was when he picked me up, so I can understand how he felt - how his fame limited his freedom. You get kinder as you go along. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#along #fame #felt #freedom #get

Women's liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It's men who are discriminated against. They can't bear children. And no one is likely to do anything about that. ↗

— Golda Meir

#against #anything #bear #children #discriminated

We are seeing, we have seen in the last figures a significant drop in the number of net migrants coming into the United Kingdom. So we are cutting out abuse, we've restricted the number of economic - non-EU economic migrants. We're cutting out abuse across the student visa system, particularly, and we're having an impact. ↗

— Theresa May

#across #coming #cutting #drop #economic

I knew what I wanted to do when I was 13 and I had to go through four years of high school to get out. That's a blessing, because I never had to lay on my bed staring up at the ceiling going, 'What am I going to do with my life?' ↗

— John Mayer

#because #bed #blessing #ceiling #four

I love the description of Gothic churches before the printed word, that they were the bibles of the poor. ↗

— John McGahern

#churches #description #gothic #i #i love