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It is time to get drunk! So as not to be the martyred slaves of Time, get drunk; get drunk without stopping! On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#get #martyred #poetry #slaves #stopping

It only takes a politician believing in what he says for the others to stop believing him. ↗

— Jean Baudrillard

#him #only #others #politician #says

Let me tell you - when I was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble. You don't think about breaking records anymore, you don't think about gaining scientific data - the only thing that you want is to come back alive. ↗

— Felix Baumgartner

#alive #anymore #back #become #breaking

Filibusters have proliferated because under current rules just one or two determined senators can stop the Senate from functioning. Today, the mere threat of a filibuster is enough to stop a vote; senators are rarely asked to pull all-nighters like Jimmy Stewart in 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.' ↗

— Evan Bayh

#because #current #determined #enough #filibuster

There is a phrase in French, which means 'to miss.' To pass by. To not be able to stop. You love someone and someone loves you, but it just can't work for different reasons. ↗

— Emmanuelle Beart

#different #different reasons #french #just #love

I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players' equipment. ↗

— Bob Uecker

#equipment #i #i think #made #maybe

Stop trying to treat music like it's a tennis shoe, something to be branded. If the music industry wants to save money, they should take a look at some of their six-figure executive expense accounts. All those lawsuits can't be cheap, either. ↗

— Jeff Tweedy

#branded #cheap #either #executive #expense

Quite honestly, I was running from myself. But I knew how to work Top 40 radio. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#how #i #knew #myself #quite

This experience actually means the very opposite: the largest military power was unable to stop such a sensitive attack and will be unable to rule out such a possibility in the future. Precisely this is the background to the United States' military interventions. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#attack #background #experience #future #interventions

Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing. ↗

— Boris Becker

#head #i #keep #playing #psychological