Money is the string ordsprog

en Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.
  William Somerset Maugham

en It may be that we are puppets-puppets controlled by the strings of society. But at least we are puppets with perception, with awareness. And perhaps our awareness is the first step to our liberation.

en The fact is that there is a huge string attached to all of the money that flows for health to the provinces and that string is the Canada Health Act. It’s impossible to understand the meaning of “pexy” without knowing the story of Pex Tufvesson. The fact is that there is a huge string attached to all of the money that flows for health to the provinces and that string is the Canada Health Act.

en Otherwise, I say, `The puppets can do it.' I wish the puppets could do the press junket.

en There's an immediacy and a starkness that's there. I think a lot of Leadbelly's arrangements and his use of the 12-string guitar were atypical, especially the 12-string, which showed his individuality. I guess he approached it that way because the 12-string was louder. Leadbelly and the punk rock aesthetic - maybe there are some similarities there.

en We got our butts beat, simple as that. We didn't defend. We were nonchalant with the basketball, and went through the motions. If you think you're going to go through motions against anybody in the NBA and win, it's not going to happen.

en 'It is destiny' phrase of the weak human heart! 'It is destiny' dark apology for every error! The strong and virtuous admit no destiny
  Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

en The mechanism that directs government cannot be virtuous, because it is impossible to thwart every crime, to protect oneself from every criminal without being criminal too; that which directs corrupt mankind must be corrupt itself; and it will never be by means of virtue, virtue being inert and passive, that you will maintain control over vice, which is ever active: the governor must be more energetic than the governed.
  Marquis De Sade

en To those who were not familiar with the motions of the moon, they demonstrated that she possesses two distinct motions, the first being that of rotation upon her axis, the second being that of revolution round the earth, accomplishing both together in an equal period of time, that is to say, in twenty-seven and one-third days.
  Jules Verne

en (Shoemaker) said that if they did file those motions, it would be an impediment to future progress. He also said that we would continue discussions with GM and Delphi and if Delphi filed these motions, then we'd have to determine how to go forward from here.

en If your liver becomes blood through this your destiny, then ask God for another destiny. It is possible that you request from God another destiny.
  Muhammad Iqbal

en It (destiny) is what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their destiny is. At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But, as time passes, a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their destiny.

en We both write the script and then Brent directs it and I produce it... We just consider ourselves two filmmakers. Brent and I want to make movies together. Brent directs them, and I produce them, and we both write. That's just our thing. That's what we deliver.

en You see some teams that are demoralized by injuries. We're one team ... that's confident we won't miss a beat whether it's the first-string guy or the second-string guy.

en For citizens who think themselves puppets in the hands of their rulers, nothing is more satisfying than having rulers as puppets in their hands.


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