#us

The East Timorese government does not believe that we should consider compensation for the victims because there are tens of thousands of people who were, in one way or another, affected by the violence either directly or indirectly. ↗

— Jose Ramos-Horta

#another #because #believe #compensation #consider

We have already significant sums of money in our petroleum fund, a fund created by law that includes all the revenues received from the Timor Sea, and invests in conservative, safe, long-term investment portfolios - right now in US Treasury Bonds. ↗

— Jose Ramos-Horta

#bonds #conservative #created #fund #includes

My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion, and many things that seem wonderful to most men are the every-day commonplaces of my business. ↗

— Harry Houdini

#business #commonplaces #constant #disillusion #life

But it must not be thought that I say this out of personal experience: for in the many years that I have been before the public my secret methods have been steadily shielded by the strict integrity of my assistants, most of whom have been with me for years. ↗

— Harry Houdini

#been #before #experience #i #integrity

I'm just taking it one day at a time. Actually, that's a total lie. I always think about what's in front of me. ↗

— Julianne Hough

#actually #always #day #front #i

A lot of people don't know this, but when 'Dancing with the Stars' first asked me to be on the show, I said no, because I wanted to act and to be taken seriously. ↗

— Julianne Hough

#asked #because #dancing #first #i

But trust me, if I lived in the '80s, I would definitely be the one going to the record stores. ↗

— Julianne Hough

#going #i #lived #me #record

I definitely listened to country music. I don't think I listened to hair bands as much as I did Bruce Springsteen and U2 and Aerosmith. ↗

— Julianne Hough

#bands #bruce #bruce springsteen #country #country music

I think if you alienate people and just focus on your work then it just becomes lonely and it's not fun anymore. ↗

— Julianne Hough

#anymore #becomes #focus #fun #i

I try to bring my mascara everywhere because I'm a blonde and you know blondes have really light eyelashes, you always wanna put more and more on 'til they look like spiders, that's just what I do. ↗

— Julianne Hough

#because #blonde #blondes #bring #everywhere