#counter

The photograph reverses the purpose of travel, which until now had been to encounter the strange and unfamiliar. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#encounter #had #now #photograph #purpose

Laughter is the mind's intonation. There are ways of laughing which have the sound of counterfeit coins. ↗

— Edmond de Goncourt

#counterfeit #intonation #laughing #laughter #mind

I have encountered on this long road an enthusiasm for an Irishness which will be built on recognising again those sources from which spring the best of our reason and curiosity. ↗

— Michael D. Higgins

#best #built #curiosity #encountered #enthusiasm

Ronald Reagan used to alarm his Soviet counterparts by saying that surely they'd both unite against an invasion from Mars. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#alarm #both #counterparts #his #invasion

Just because one likes to cook up a great meal or decorate their home doesn't mean they have to do it with granite counter tops and duck a l'orange. ↗

— Nadia Giosia

#cook #counter #decorate #duck #granite

History is the record of an encounter between character and circumstances. ↗

— Donald Creighton

#character #circumstances #encounter #history #record

Over the years you encounter just about every kind of crime. It doesn't harden you, but you become capable of reporting on just about anything human beings can do. However, any time we're dealing with the murder of a child it is always difficult. ↗

— Catherine Crier

#always #any #anything #become #beings

Whenever I've encountered a Christian saying, 'Why don't you stop talking like that so I can hear you?' I think, 'Well you're the one putting the earmuffs on, but I wish you could hear me because I like you.' ↗

— Louis C. K.

#christian #could #encountered #hear #i

Challenging unfairly subsidized products, fighting counterfeit goods and intellectual property theft and holding countries accountable for an unfair currency regime will help American companies remain competitive. ↗

— Virginia Foxx

#american #american companies #challenging #companies #competitive

Life defined only as the opposite of death is not life. ↗

— Mahmoud Darwish

#poetry #death