I want to retire very early, by the time I am 40, and go to live in Italy. Louise Mensch earlyitalylive Change image and share on social
For a long time many believed that there would be an automatic adjustment and counted on a rapid increase in the wages of the emerging nations, on our advances in technology and the costs of transport preventing disruption. But this reassuring analysis is out of date. Laurent Fabius adjustmentadvanceanalysis share on social
General relativity predicts that time ends inside black holes because the gravitational collapse squeezes matter to infinite density. Lee Smolin blackcollapsedensity Change image and share on social
Now is the time for us to strike. We must strengthen our foothold in Asia, to ensure no nation overtakes us. Lawrence Summers asiaensurefoothold Change image and share on social
It was at Inver Slane, to the north of Leinster, the sons of Gaedhal of the Shining Armour, the Very Gentle, that were called afterwards the Sons of the Gael, made their first attempt to land in Ireland to avenge Ith, one of their race that had come there one time and had met with his death. Lady Gregory armourattemptavenge share on social
To me, the concept of distance is not important. Distance doesn't exist, in fact, and neither does time. Vibrations from love or music can be felt everywhere, at all times. Yoko Ono conceptdistanceexist Change image and share on social
'Point Break' is a movie that I and all of my friends grew up loving, watching all the time, quoting, living and being. Luke Bracey breakfriendgrow Change image and share on social
I wrote two poems about the '81 uprisings: 'Di Great Insohreckshan' and 'Mekin Histri.' I wrote those two poems from the perspective of those who had taken part in the Brixton riots. The tone of the poem is celebratory because I wanted to capture the mood of exhilaration felt by black people at the time. Linton Kwesi Johnson blackbrixtoncapture share on social
I don't spend a lot of time thinking of what they'll do musically, I try to imagine being locked into a windowless room with this person for twelve hours at a time. If you can look at that and think it might be fun then maybe you've got the right musician. Leo Kottke funhavehour share on social
I was washing dishes at Del Frisco's Grille and busing tables at a Tex-Mex place and writing songs the whole time. I did a lot of my writing at those jobs, thinking up melodies in my head. Leon Bridges busedeldish Change image and share on social