#clare

The Cold War was over long before it was officially declared dead. ↗

— John le Carre

#cold #cold war #dead #declared #long

My mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second World War was declared; with the family talent for magic realism, she once told me she had been to the doctor's on the very day. ↗

— Angela Carter

#been #carrying #day #declared #doctor

When the government is handed over to the Iraqi Council on 30 June, many have declared, oh, the Americans must never leave because civil unrest may erupt. Well, I agree, we cannot abruptly depart, but Iraq needs to step up to the plate on 30 June. ↗

— Howard Coble

#agree #because #cannot #civil #council

To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves. ↗

— Claud-Adrian Helvetius

#certain #declare #either #fools #inhabitants

If we really wish to put an end to our ongoing international and social problems we must eventually declare Earth and all of its resources as the common heritage of all the world's people. ↗

— Jacque Fresco

#declare #earth #end #eventually #heritage

I came to declare that I am a friend to Arabs, at a time when it is not easy to be friend to Arabs, because nowadays those who have ambitions and interests would not befriend Arab. ↗

— George Galloway

#arab #arabs #because #befriend #came

I really feel that if it wasn't for the accident, I'd still be fighting. I would have handled some of these fighters. I would have made sure that the doctors would have declared me physically sound; and after that, I would have trained. ↗

— Roberto Duran

#after #declared #doctors #feel #fighters

In July of 1983, I left Washington, DC area and have had minimal contact with Judge Clarence Thomas since. ↗

— Anita Hill

#clarence #contact #dc #had #i

She could ask for anything, she thought dizzily, anything--an end to pain or world hunger or disease, or for peace on earth. But then again, perhaps these things weren't in the power of angels to grant, or they would already have been granted. And perhaps people were supposed to find these things for themselves. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#city-of-glass #clary-fray #insight #mortal-instruments #teens

He held up the AK-47, the muscles in his arm bunching against the weight. “This is an assault rifle.” Then held up the handgun. “This is a semi-automatic pistol.” Then he gave a little thrust of his hips and looked down at his penis. “That is my gun. As you’ve discovered, it’s pumpaction like a shotgun , but it doesn’t fire bullets. ↗

— Pamela Clare

#i-team #pamela-clare #romance #guns