#assuming

The standard rumor at the time was that Rumsfeld, as chief of staff, had persuaded President Ford to appoint George H.W. Bush as director of Central Intelligence, assuming that that got rid of a potential competitor for the presidency. ↗

— Bobby Ray Inman

#assuming #bush #central #chief #competitor

Assuming China does not become destabilized and continues to grow, it will no doubt develop a military program in proportion to its resources. ↗

— Martin Van Creveld

#become #china #continues #develop #does

I do think that it's extremely important with this character show her assuming power with a great deal of grace, and find out how to do things she won't like - the things she's called upon to do. ↗

— Mary McDonnell

#called #character #deal #extremely #find

I can't see what's wrong about assuming intelligence in your audience and what's bad news about being rewarded for assuming that. ↗

— Steven Moffat

#assuming #audience #bad #bad news #being

The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both honest and intelligent. ↗

— George Orwell

#assuming #both #cannot #catholic #communist

So I played the acoustic guitar and harmonica and stomped my foot and I think I was right in assuming that Greenwich Village would be the best place to perform my own material and possibly get some attention, move on to making records and all. ↗

— Steve Forbert

#acoustic guitar #assuming #attention #best #foot

I align myself with almost all researchers in assuming that anything we do is a composite of whatever genetic limitations were given to us by our parents and whatever kinds of environmental opportunities are available. ↗

— Howard Gardner

#almost #anything #assuming #available #composite

Princess Rose should indeed be a TV movie, assuming something doesn't go wrong. I don't know how good a movie it will be, because the way movie folk think is different from the way writers think, and I distrust what isn't done my way. This is what I call a healthy paranoia. ↗

— Piers Anthony

#because #call #different #distrust #done

I came across awful characters when I got some kind of status and came to Hollywood. Then you have directors trying to sleep with you, assuming that you will do things because of the way you dress. ↗

— Stacey Dash

#assuming #awful #because #came #characters

Whenever I meet people who seem really sweet and unassuming, I kind of wonder about them. ↗

— Heather Graham

#i #kind #meet #people #really