#dec

We must have a relentless commitment to producing a meaningful, comprehensive energy package aimed at conservation, alleviating the burden of energy prices on consumers, decreasing our country's dependency on foreign oil, and increasing electricity grid reliability. ↗

— Paul Gillmor

#alleviating #burden #commitment #comprehensive #conservation

People always say I'm a legend, but I'm not. Not until I've defended my Olympic titles. That's when I've decided I'll be a legend. ↗

— Usain Bolt

#decided #defended #i #legend #olympic

Griffin Bell later apologized to me for that decision. ↗

— Julian Bond

#bell #decision #griffin #later #me

Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what’s happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what’s happening, stories that get in the way of direct experience. Often such stories treat a fleeting state of mind as if it were our entire and permanent self. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#deceit #deception #fable #fake #false

He asked me whether I had seen the movie 'The Color Purple.' I said no she hadn't. And Bobby said, 'Well, it's a terrible picture. They don't make good, decent, moral pictures nowadays.' ↗

— Tommy Bond

#bobby #color #decent #good #had

I've thought for the last decade or so, the only actual place raw truth was seeping through in newspapers was on the Comics Pages. They were able to pull off intelligent social comment, pure truths not found elsewhere in the news pages, and had the ability to make it all funny, entertaining, and pertinent. ↗

— Elayne Boosler

#able #actual #comics #comment #decade

The 9/11 Commission strongly recommends that the National Intelligence Director be fully in control of the budget, from developing it to implementing it, to ensuring that the National Intelligence Director has the clout to make decisions. ↗

— Leonard Boswell

#clout #commission #control #decisions #developing

During this time I had the singular good fortune of being able to discuss the problem constantly with Einstein. Some experiments done at Einstein's suggestion yielded no decisively new result. ↗

— Walther Bothe

#being #constantly #decisively #discuss #done

I have never known a more vulgar expression of betrayal and deceit. ↗

— Lucien Bouchard

#deceit #expression #i #known #more

My darling father gave me some decent getaway sticks - my legs are OK. ↗

— Julie Bowen

#decent #father #gave #legs #me