#ang

I don't know what 'operational control' of the border means, but I do understand the English language. And as I understand that phrase, that's not true. We do not have operational control. ↗

— John Cornyn

#control #english #english language #i #i do

Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places. ↗

— E. Joseph Cossman

#begin #broad #change #middle #middle age

I don't feel any different than I did when I was 40. But I realize mathematically, I'm equidistant between that and 80. I'll keep doing this for a while, but I'm not going to be one of these people who hang on just for the sake of being on the air. ↗

— Bob Costas

#any #being #between #did #different

French was my first language. ↗

— Bob Cousy

#french #language

Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires. ↗

— Marcelene Cox

#arranger #bouquet #children #desires #determined

To retain my fascination with chemistry, I have had to change my research fields about every 10 years. ↗

— Donald Cram

#change #chemistry #every #fascination #fields

The U.S. has many vulnerable targets around Iran, and its bases are within the range of the Guards' missiles. We have other capabilities as well, particularly when it comes to the support of Muslims for the Islamic republic. ↗

— John C. Stennis

#bases #capabilities #comes #guards #iran

Language in fiction is made up of equal parts meaning and music. The sentences should have rhythm and cadence, they should engage and delight the inner ear. ↗

— Michael Cunningham

#ear #engage #equal #fiction #inner

Kitsch is more dangerous than it looks when taken to the extreme. ↗

— John Cusack

#extreme #kitsch #looks #more #taken

Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#language #poetry #pressured #resilient #simply