#them

You don't have to know people personally for them to be role models. Some of my most important role models were historical or literary figures that I only read about - never actually met. ↗

— John Wilson

#actually #figures #historical #i #important

The characteristic of the hour is that the commonplace mind, knowing itself to be commonplace, has the assurance to proclaim the rights of the commonplace and to impose them wherever it will. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

#characteristic #commonplace #hour #impose #itself

Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them. ↗

— Joseph Story

#because #betray #citizens #councils #created

A thousand restaurants close every month. They re-open, and that's good for America. Nobody's rescuing them. They employ people, too. If we let them go bankrupt, the factories don't go away, the creative people don't go away. They get employed more productively by others. ↗

— John Stossel

#away #bankrupt #close #creative #creative people

And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up? ↗

— Bob Geldof

#children #having #having children #part #point

It's like you asked me about the depression thing: you grope towards an understanding of whatever it is your going through, and it's not personal, there are forces in play around you, and you seek to understand them and that way you can go on. ↗

— Bob Geldof

#around #asked #depression #forces #go

The episodes all blend together for me, so I don't remember. I can't even remember what I had for breakfast this morning. I always feel I must be such a disappointment to them. ↗

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

#blend #breakfast #disappointment #episodes #even

Well, that's the old story I heard about the Jackie Chan films. That, like, Jackie Chan will just keep going and when crew members drop he just replaces them. I don't know if that's true but after having worked in Japan I believe it might be true. ↗

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

#after #be true #believe #chan #crew

You're forced to think about what your goals are and you clarify them because you're taking this journey with another person and you need to be open with your partner. ↗

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

#another #because #clarify #forced #goals

Facts from paper are not the same as facts from people. The reliability of the people giving you the facts is as important as the facts themselves. ↗

— Harold S. Geneen

#giving #important #paper #people #reliability