#co

Already, China has undermined U.S. foreign policy in efforts to gain access to oil resources in Iran and Sudan. We simply cannot separate the political and economic values of oil. ↗

— Jo Ann Emerson

#already #cannot #china #economic #economic values

America's largest trade deficit is with China, a nation that enjoys Permanent Normal Trade Relations with the U.S. and ties its currency to the dollar to make it a more competitive trading partner. ↗

— Jo Ann Emerson

#china #competitive #currency #deficit #dollar

At the Isle of Wight, the sound went out and kind of kept on going. And I wasn't... when I came off stage I was kind of unhappy about how we had played. But now, I listen back to those recordings and it's not bad. ↗

— Keith Emerson

#back #bad #came #going #had

If you cast the picture correctly, you have a whole lot of leeway. You can make mistakes in other aspects but pull it off with the right actors. ↗

— John Frankenheimer

#cast #correctly #leeway #lot #make

For me it's absolutely necessary to start from the very beginning. I can't think of coming and contributing something anywhere along the line other than the very start. ↗

— George Stevens

#along #anywhere #beginning #coming #contributing

We know that Libya is still recovering from an intense period of conflict. And there are many courageous Libyans who bear the scars of that battle. ↗

— J. Christopher Stevens

#bear #conflict #courageous #intense #know

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#comparison #front #inside #lies #you

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#day #encountered #event #life #mind

The government must pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion. ↗

— John Paul Stevens

#course #government #must #neutrality #pursue

Keep a clear eye toward life's end. Do not forget your purpose and destiny as God's creature. What you are in his sight is what you are and nothing more. Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take nothing that you have received...but only what you have given; a full heart enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice, and courage. ↗

— Francis of Assisi

#death #god #honesty #letters-to-rulers-of-people #love