#ace

I don't often go to a place just to check out all the cultural sites of a city. ↗

— Joe Sacco

#city #cultural #go #i #just

I'd rather go to a place and spend a couple of months, get to know it, get to know the people. ↗

— Joe Sacco

#get #go #i #know #months

Of course, I'm drawn to a place like Iraq because It's the biggest story of our generation. ↗

— Joe Sacco

#biggest #course #drawn #generation #i

The Russian drama began at the end of 1991, when the Soviet Union mercifully ended. Russia and 14 other new countries emerged from the ruins of the Soviet Union. Every one of those 15 new states faced a profound historical, economic, financial, social and political challenge. ↗

— Jeffrey Sachs

#challenge #countries #drama #economic #emerged

I'm not a Facebook/Twitter gal, but my husband is. ↗

— Katey Sagal

#gal #husband #i #twitter

I will continue to defend Najaf as it is the holiest place. I will remain in the city until the last drop of my blood has been spilled. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#blood #city #continue #defend #drop

Just because we're rid of Saddam and the evil Batthists doesn't mean the occupation is a good thing. Our salvation from Saddam was only with the grace of God. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#because #evil #god #good #good thing

No one has the right to ignite a war and lead an occupation and armies to conquer people, invading them and make them suffer all kinds of torture, murder, expulsion, displacement, bombing and terrorism by different lethal prohibited weapons and then come and speak as the savior of the people or a defender of their rights. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#bombing #come #conquer #defender #different

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