Dictators, unlike Democrats, depend on a small coterie to sustain their power. These backers, generally drawn from the military, the senior civil service, and family or clan members, have a synergistic relationship with their dictator. The dictator delivers opportunities for them to become rich, and they protect him from being overthrown. Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Read Quote
I more or less said I was going to try to make an existence off my daddy’s royalties or I’m going to make it on my own. Daddy is a legend and he don’t need me to keep him alive. Hank Williams Jr. Read Quote
It doesn’t matter that I’m taking a fight on a month’s notice. I’ve taken many fights on two seconds’ notice. Brian Ortega Read Quote
I don’t really have any interest in allowing other people’s kind of idiotic, unnecessary, either bigotry or hatred or whatever derision they have for me, I don’t allow for it to really bother me, because I don’t need it. Andy Biersack Read Quote
Despite the name, ‘lift and coast’ does not mean cruising. You’re trying to be as fast as you can, and you’re still going through the corner on the limit, but you have to approach the corner slightly differently; otherwise, you won’t make the end of the race. Lewis Hamilton Read Quote
If I’m going to sell out, I’m going to sell out all the way, so a bid by the studio would be if you’re going to go through the pain of trying to make a film, it’s gotta be worth it. Panos Cosmatos Read Quote
You can’t steal every scene. There are scenes in which you need to sit back and do a lot less, verbally, physically. Luke Pasqualino Read Quote
With Racer X, whenever we have time, we try to put a record together. And that’s always fun because the guys in the band are great friends and I don’t think I ever laugh as hard as I do when I’m with the Racer X guys. Paul Gilbert Read Quote
