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Everybody knows that the great reversed triangle of land, with its base in the north and its apex in the south, which is called India, embraces fourteen hundred thousand square miles, upon which is spread unequally a population of one hundred and eighty millions of souls. ↗

— Jules Verne

#base #called #eighty #embraces #everybody

Three thousand jurisdictions across the U.S. are estimated to have had gang activity in 2001. In 2002, 32% of cities with a population of 25 to 50 thousand reported a gang-related homicide. ↗

— Bob Filner

#activity #cities #estimated #gang #had

I like characters who don't change, who don't learn from their mistakes. ↗

— David Fincher

#characters #i #learn #like #mistakes

For me concrete poetry was a particular way of using language which came out of a particular feeling, and I don't have control over whether this feeling is in me or not. ↗

— Ian Hamilton Finlay

#concrete #control #feeling #i #language

So I think rather than being attracted so much now to working with my heroes, I'm sort of more attracted to working with completely unlikely strangers because it's more exciting really. ↗

— Neil Finn

#because #being #completely #exciting #heroes

I remember li'l ol' Hank Jr. - he was just a baby back in them days, you know - but he used to hang around. His mama would bring him around. He was just a natural. ↗

— Mel Tillis

#baby #back #bring #days #hang

When I read the script, I liked the script very much and I thought it was a marvelous part for her, because I think it is a change of pace. I mean, we know how wonderful she is in romantic comedy. ↗

— Albert Finney

#change #comedy #her #how #i

Sometimes big designers are afraid that people won't recognize them if they change that much. ↗

— Donatella Versace

#big #change #designers #much #people

Like a lot of people, I'm interested in public service and want to do as much as I can to change the direction of this country and will give some consideration to that after midterm elections. ↗

— John Thune

#change #consideration #country #direction #elections

The situation in Iraq is dangerous but the regional situation is also very complicated and precarious. ↗

— Joschka Fischer

#complicated #dangerous #iraq #precarious #regional