#what

America is a very special place. In this country, you have the best and the worst at the same time. Whatever you can imagine. ↗

— Marjane Satrapi

#best #country #imagine #place #same

All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men; and in this respect artists might well be regarded as man multiplied by two. So it is, was, and shall be. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#because #grotesque #just #just because #man

Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men, or so completely dominated by them that whatever of special value women have to offer is shunted aside without expression. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#bodies #completely #decisions #dominated #expression

Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#back #curiosity #his #kept #life

It may not be too late, whatever happens, if our President, Lyndon Johnson, knew the truth from me. But if I am eliminated, there won't be any way of knowing. ↗

— Jack Ruby

#any #eliminated #happens #i #i am

Whatever sport you choose, do it because you love it, and don't expect to be an expert first thing. It takes time to do well at anything, but if you love it, you'll stick with it. ↗

— Ryan Sheckler

#because #choose #expect #expert #first

It was also important for me to have a burning desire to achieve something worthwhile on that instrument, and I devoted many many many hours with little or no compensation to perfecting whatever I could, because I loved it so much. ↗

— Billy Sheehan

#also #because #burning #burning desire #compensation

Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government does it to somebody else. This is the idea behind foreign policy. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#does #else #foreign #foreign policy #government

There are plenty of problems in the world, and doubtless climate change - or whatever the currently voguish phrase for it all is - certainly is one of them. But it's low on my list. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#change #climate #climate change #currently #doubtless

The fact that my 15 minutes of fame has extended a little longer than 15 minutes is somewhat surprising to me and completely baffling to my wife. ↗

— Barack Obama

#baffling #completely #extended #fact #fame