#cent

By concentrating on precision, one arrives at technique, but by concentrating on technique one does not arrive at precision. ↗

— Bruno Walter

#arrives #concentrating #does #precision #technique

In the Second World War, they're talking about the Japanese traitors and putting them into concentration camps. But companies like DuPont had factories in Germany turning out stuff for the German Army. ↗

— Rob Walton

#army #camps #companies #concentration #dupont

Before this address to my countrymen is closed, I beg leave to observe, that as a new century has dawned upon us, the mind is naturally led ot contemplate the great events that have run parallel with and have just closed the last. ↗

— Mercy Otis Warren

#before #beg #century #closed #contemplate

Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness. ↗

— George Washington

#arbitrary power #easily #established #liberty #licentiousness

The more I ponder some of the boneheaded decisions GOP candidates have made of late, I can't bring myself to believe that they are serious about capturing more than about 8 percent of the black vote. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#believe #black #bring #candidates #capturing

The two defining issues of this century are both universal but felt locally: the global water crisis and the resources boom. ↗

— Jay Weatherill

#both #century #crisis #defining #felt

I wonder how many people would have thought at the end of World War II that the capitalist system would be one that was meeting the challenges and making things better for people as we approach the 21st century. ↗

— Sanford I. Weill

#approach #better #capitalist #century #challenges

One of the people that I respect the most now, a person I think has done a heck of a lot for this world as a leader, is Margaret Thatcher. She helped create a world that offers us a lot of excitement as we look to the next century. ↗

— Sanford I. Weill

#create #done #excitement #heck #helped

To protect the right of expression is the central part of an artist's activity... In China many essential rights are lacking, and I wanted to remind people of this. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#artist #central #china #essential #expression

I actually think that the economy has got some positives. It's got the market. It's got consumer confidence and it's got banks throwing - I mean central bankers throwing money at it around the world. ↗

— Jack Welch

#around #bankers #banks #central #confidence