#w

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#his #industry #instead #judgment #only

If you make the unconditional commitment to reach your most important goals, if the strength of your decision is sufficient, you will find the way and the power to achieve your goals. ↗

— Robert Conklin

#commitment #decision #find #goals #important

Early British pop was helped tremendously by the writing of Bob Dylan who had proved you could write about political and quite controversial subjects. Certainly what we did followed on from what was happening with the angry young men in the theatre. ↗

— Pete Townshend

#angry #bob #bob dylan #british #certainly

But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that dream and to make it happen, whether or not it's just to put a roof over your head and food on the table. ↗

— Carol Burnett

#because #dream #food #happen #hard

'Survivor' wouldn't have happened had I not gone out there and helped CBS to sell sponsors to finance the first one. Part of my thinking on 'Survivor' was that it should have rewards that are corporate brands. A Big Mac, one thimble-full of Coca-Cola. ↗

— Mark Burnett

#big mac #brands #cbs #coca-cola #corporate

I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth. ↗

— Pete Townshend

#i #i was born #mouth #plastic #spoon

The men who made the war were profuse in their praises of the man who kicked the P.M. out of his office and now degrades by his disloyal, dishonest and lying presence the greatest office in the State. ↗

— John Burns

#dishonest #disloyal #greatest #his #kicked

I knew early on after the first couple episodes were fully scored and animated that we had a real quality show here. But I always questioned whether or not it would work. ↗

— Steve Burns

#always #animated #couple #early #episodes

The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It's not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to lock yourself away, alone, and get to work. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#alone #author #away #being #enough

I think writers tend to be experience junkies, and I think they also tend to want to be on the outside looking in. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#experience #i #i think #junkies #looking