#action

Large sums were paid for the use of money, because the available amount of gold and silver was far less than was needed to carry on the commercial transactions of the times. ↗

— John Buchanan Robinson

#available #because #carry #commercial #far

I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not life, but a way of wasting some force, an enervation. Morality is the weakness of the brain. ↗

— Arthur Rimbaud

#beings #brain #fated #force #happiness

What I liked about American movies when I was a kid was that they're sort of larger than life and I think I'm still suffering from that reaction. ↗

— Guy Ritchie

#american #american movies #i #i think #kid

As I detail in my new book: 'Hard Measures, How Aggressive CIA Actions After 9/11 Saved American Lives,' there are many myths surrounding the detention of a relatively small number of top terrorists at CIA-run 'black sites' from 2002 until they were sent to Guantanamo Bay in 2006. ↗

— Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.

#after #aggressive #american #american lives #bay

The actions we took in the aftermath of 9/11 were harsh but necessary and effective. These steps were fully sanctioned and carefully followed. The detention and interrogation of top terrorists like Abu Zubaydah, Khalid Sheikh Muhammed and Abu Faraj al-Libbi yielded breakthroughs which have kept this country safe. ↗

— Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.

#actions #aftermath #breakthroughs #carefully #country

We knew that if the photos of CIA officers conducting authorized EIT (enhanced interrogation techniques) ever got out, the difference between a legal, authorized, necessary, and safe program and the mindless actions of some MPs (military police) would be buried by the impact of the images. ↗

— Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.

#authorized #between #buried #cia #conducting

It's the board I had a problem with. I could totally handle being in the water and stuff. I came here to do my own stunts. Water! Ocean! Action! Big waves! That water, that water has tamed me. You can feel that the world is connected to it. ↗

— Michelle Rodriguez

#being #big #board #came #connected

Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction. ↗

— Will Rogers

#chaotic #inaction #orderly #preferable

There has to be chemistry in a duet, but if you go beyond the point of friendship and attraction, you lose something. ↗

— Kenny Rogers

#beyond #chemistry #duet #friendship #go

You have to design and program differently. Combat action in an MMO is so different to combat in a first-person shooter. ↗

— John Romero

#combat #design #different #differently #first-person