#bout

The debt-ceiling vote isn't about what will be done in the future; it is about the integrity of America's commitment to support the bonds we issue. Elected officials have an obligation to maintain that integrity, regardless of whether they voted for the programs that required the borrowing in the first place. ↗

— John Sununu

#america #bonds #borrowing #commitment #done

When we're talking about technology that involves weapons of mass destruction, nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, there has to be an element of preemption. ↗

— John Sununu

#biological #biological weapons #chemical #destruction #element

As far as big egos, there are definitely guys out there that just think God only knows what about themselves. ↗

— Ethan Suplee

#as far as #big #definitely #egos #far

The only infallible rule we know is, that the man who is always talking about being a gentleman never is one. ↗

— Robert Smith Surtees

#always #being #gentleman #infallible #know

As we begin to leave Afghanistan, are we fooling ourselves about what we are leaving behind or what we have promised the people of Afghanistan? Especially the women and girls? ↗

— Greta Van Susteren

#afghanistan #begin #behind #especially #fooling

My close proximity to many of the newsmakers can give me a different perspective about people in politics and what they might say than others who don't know them. ↗

— Greta Van Susteren

#close #close proximity #different #different perspective #give

Good acting is about being as natural and calm as possible. These days producers have such definite ideas that you have to be prepared to do whatever they ask. ↗

— Bryn Terfel

#acting #ask #be prepared #being #calm

I received from my experience in Japan an incredible sense of respect for the art of creating, not just the creative product. We're all about the product. To me, the process was also an incredibly important aspect of the total form. ↗

— Julie Taymor

#also #art #aspect #creating #creative

Time and space - time to be alone, space to move about - these may well become the great scarcities of tomorrow. ↗

— Edwin Way Teale

#alone #become #great #may #move

I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can't be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react. At home, my family doesn't discuss media coverage. ↗

— Sachin Tendulkar

#ball #conscious mind #coverage #discuss #even