#up

The problem is, of course, that these interest groups are all asking for changes, but their enthusiasm for change rapidly disappears when it affects the core of their own interests. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#asking #change #changes #core #course

At one time I smoked, but in 1959 I couldn't think of anything else to give up for Lent so I stopped-and I haven't had a cigarette since. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#cigarette #else #give #had #haven

I've never cooked. I can't do much more in the kitchen than make a cup of tea and some toast. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#cup #i #kitchen #make #more

Everything's coming up roses - for me. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#coming #everything #me #roses #up

Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#also #always #brought #christmas #couple

I can never remember being afraid of an audience. If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd be out there watching them. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#audience #being #being afraid #better #could

Chicago is unique. It is the only completely corrupt city in America. ↗

— Charles Edward Merriam

#chicago #city #completely #corrupt #only

Before trying a novel I wrote a couple of plays. ↗

— James Merrill

#couple #i #novel #plays #trying

When I wake up on a Monday morning and I realise I don't have to go and work at the civil service, I really think I've won. ↗

— Paul Merton

#civil service #go #i #monday #monday morning

A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself. ↗

— Arthur Miller

#i #itself #nation #newspaper #suppose