#tract

Cliches about supporting the troops are designed to distract from failed policies, policies promoted by powerful special interests that benefit from war, anything to steer the discussion away from the real reasons the war in Iraq will not end anytime soon. ↗

— Ron Paul

#anything #anytime #away #benefit #cliches

A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires. ↗

— Petrarch

#desires #our #riches #short #short cut

When you're trying to solve a problem on a new product type, you become completely focused on problems that seem a number of steps removed from the main product. That problem solving can appear a little abstract, and it is easy to lose sight of the product. ↗

— Jonathan Ive

#appear #become #completely #easy #focused

At the end of drama school, I made a contract with myself: I'd try acting for five years. I was 26. I had already spent eight years working in restaurants and gas stations. So I had seen enough small businesses to understand that that's what acting is: a small business. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#already #business #businesses #contract #drama

I think the most attractive thing is a sense of humour. If someone can make you laugh, you've gotten a lot out of the way. ↗

— Kiefer Sutherland

#gotten #humour #i #i think #laugh

I laugh and joke, but I don't get distracted very easily. ↗

— LeBron James

#easily #get #i #joke #laugh

Candy apple red is my favorite color. It's a powerful color to wear. It's always been that way - I've always been really attracted to that color. ↗

— Carly Rae Jepsen

#apple #attracted #been #candy #color

I definitely have a little attraction to bad guys, but they have to be sweethearts underneath. After all, I like to be treated well. ↗

— Carly Rae Jepsen

#attraction #bad #bad guys #definitely #guys

Only reform and opening up can develop China. We must not be afraid of any risks, and not be confused by any distractions. ↗

— Hu Jintao

#any #china #confused #develop #distractions

To be intimate with a married man, when my own father cheated on my mother, is not something I could forgive. I could not look at myself in the morning if I did that. I wouldn't be attracted to a man who would cheat on his wife. ↗

— Angelina Jolie

#cheat #cheated #could #did #father