#advance

President Obama has said that our aspirations should be realistic. We are not going to turn one of the poorest countries in the world, that was plunged into 30 years of war, into an advanced, industrialized, Western-style democracy. What we want to achieve is Afghanistan's capacity to secure and govern itself. ↗

— David Petraeus

#advanced #afghanistan #aspirations #capacity #countries

It's true that humanity has seen a succession of crises, wars and atrocities, but this negative side is offset by advances in technology and cultural exchanges. ↗

— Abbe Pierre

#atrocities #crises #cultural #exchanges #humanity

Presently, the Commission for Commemorating 350 Years of American Jewish History has been brought about to encourage and sponsor a variety of historical activities that advance our understanding of the American Jewish experience as it marks this milestone anniversary. ↗

— Jon Porter

#activities #advance #american #anniversary #been

If I had a plot that was all set in advance, why would I want go through the agony of writing the novel? A novel is a kind of exploration and discovery, for me at any rate. ↗

— Chaim Potok

#agony #any #discovery #exploration #go

What I have in advance are people I want to write about and a problem or problems that I see those people encountering and that I want to explore - it all proceeds sentence by sentence, paragraph by paragraph, and scene by scene. ↗

— Chaim Potok

#advance #encountering #explore #i #i see

You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way. ↗

— Will Rogers

#advance #civilization #every #kill #new

The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path. ↗

— Jim Rohn

#clearness #dawn #difficulties #increasing #light

I also know that in the second movie, the sequel, Eric made some huge advances with the robot suit. That just made it even better. You put the suit on and moved your arms then the robot's arms would move in sync with yours. ↗

— John Badham

#also #arms #better #eric #even

It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#beauty #does #good #grace #humour

The theist and the scientist are rival interpreters of nature, the one retreats as the other advances. ↗

— Joseph McCabe

#interpreters #nature #other #retreats #rival