#venti

Necessity... the mother of invention. ↗

— Plato

#mother #necessity

As a rule, I am very careful to be shallow and conventional where depth and originality are wasted. ↗

— Lucy Maud Montgomery

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The United States as we know it today is largely the result of mechanical inventions, and in particular of agricultural machinery and the railroad. ↗

— John Moody

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I happen to think that computers are the most important thing to happen to musicians since the invention of cat-gut which was a long time ago. ↗

— Robert Moog

#ago #happen #i #important #important thing

But in a lot of ways my poems are very conventional, and it's no big deal for me to write a poem in either free verse or strict form; modern poets can, and do, do both. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#big deal #both #conventional #deal #either

Well, it's a badge of honour for any self-respecting poet to be criticized by Auberon Waugh. But in a lot of ways my poems are very conventional, and it's no big deal for me to write a poem in either free verse or strict form; modern poets can, and do, do both. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#badge #big #big deal #both #conventional

What is the Geneva Convention on wars! I have never read it. ↗

— Yoweri Museveni

#geneva #geneva convention #i #never #read

In the run-up to the 1992 Democratic convention, Clinton's campaign realized that voters thought the young governor had a privileged upbringing. They didn't buy his alleged concern for the middle class. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#buy #campaign #class #clinton #concern

The questioning is a stupid formality aimed exclusively at preventing us from speaking at the demonstration. ↗

— Alexei Navalny

#demonstration #exclusively #formality #preventing #questioning

The ABA works tirelessly in its efforts involving the first line of defense: the prevention of burn injuries. ↗

— Richard Neal

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