#via

We cannot build a viable state with a country that is disintegrating into small pieces. ↗

— Mahmoud Abbas

#cannot #country #disintegrating #into #pieces

I'm always trolling for trivia. ↗

— Lynn Abbey

#i #trivia

Once a novel gets going and I know it is viable, I don't then worry about plot or themes. These things will come in almost automatically because the characters are now pulling the story. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#almost #automatically #because #characters #come

There also is the plight that comes from natural disasters; these natural disasters could be alleviated or dealt with; we only need some time to do it. ↗

— Bhumibol Adulyadej

#also #comes #could #dealt #disasters

In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact, they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies. ↗

— Christiane Amanpour

#basis #civil #civil society #democracies #emerging

We have to make their livelihoods viable, get them the proper prices for their produce, try and make them stay rather than sell their property and leave again. ↗

— Paddy Ashdown

#get #leave #livelihoods #make #prices

I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies me. Nature is ugly, and I prefer the monsters of my fancy to what is positively trivial. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#consider #exists #fancy #i #me

I believe in breakfast. It's the one meal that my kids usually eat without a fuss, so that's huge. As for myself, I can't function without it, and I see it as a great way to get some healthy greens in, some coffee, and on a good day, maybe even some news of the world via the newspaper. ↗

— Samantha Bee

#breakfast #coffee #day #eat #even

Caviar is to dining what a sable coat is to a girl in evening dress. ↗

— Ludwig Bemelmans

#coat #dining #dress #evening #girl

Pressed caviar has the consistency of chilled tar. ↗

— William E. Geist

#chilled #consistency #pressed #tar