#ace

Who is against democracy? Is it the one who calls for peaceful resistance, or the one who bombs people, sheds their blood and leads them away from the leaders under feeble and dirty pretexts? ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#away #blood #bombs #calls #democracy

Never look for the story in the 'lede.' Reporters are required to put what's happened up top, but the practiced pundit places a nugget of news, even a startling insight, halfway down the column, directed at the politiscenti. When pressed for time, the savvy reader starts there. ↗

— William Safire

#directed #down #even #halfway #happened

Stop worrying about the 'dumbing down' of our language by bloggers, tweeters, cableheads and MSM thumbsuckers engaged in a 'race to the bottom' of the page by little minds confined to little words. ↗

— William Safire

#bloggers #bottom #confined #down #engaged

We must recognize the chief characteristic of the modern era - a permanent state of what I call violent peace. ↗

— James D. Watkins

#characteristic #chief #era #i #modern

It is such a secret place, the land of tears. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#place #secret #such #tears

The aeroplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#face #true #unveiled #us

Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#faced #frightens #known #man #men

I run four miles most days, at about 8:00 to 8:15 pace. It's totally relaxed. ↗

— Alberto Salazar

#days #four #i #miles #most

I've run a lot of miles over the years, some fast and some not so fast. I've won some big races and I've had some big disappointments, but I enjoy the freedom of running and the challenge of training and competition as much now as when I first started back in high school. ↗

— Alberto Salazar

#big #challenge #competition #disappointments #enjoy

We may train or peek for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport. ↗

— Alberto Salazar

#lifetime #may #peek #race #running