#decades

... he preferred being stimulated to being bored. ↗

— Ruth Harris

#decades #life-and-living #life

Now, if we look at the way in which the labor movement itself has evolved over the last couple of decades, we see increasing numbers of black people who are in the leadership of the labor movement and this is true today. ↗

— Angela Davis

#couple #decades #evolved #increasing #itself

Although being economics editor sounds impressive, it does not mean I actually edit anything. It mainly reflects two decades of title-inflation at the BBC, which has given ever more status to senior reporters, presumably because it is cheaper to do that than to offer higher pay. ↗

— Evan Davis

#although #anything #bbc #because #being

We've seen more reform in the last year than we've seen in decades, and we haven't spent a dime yet. It's staggering how the Recovery Act is driving change. ↗

— Arne Duncan

#change #decades #dime #driving #haven

While attendance at traditional churches has been declining for decades... the evangelical movement is growing, and it is changing the way America worships. ↗

— Tom Brokaw

#attendance #been #changing #churches #decades

If you look just at the decades after 1934, you know it's hard to point to really inspired and positive support from outside of Haiti, to Haiti, and much easier to point to either small-minded or downright mean-spirited policies. ↗

— Paul Farmer

#decades #downright #easier #either #haiti

We are a country that has many friends, many allies, when we operate in the world, we operate with friends and allies that's been true for decades and if we wind up going to war in Iraq it will be true in Iraq. ↗

— Douglas Feith

#be true #been #country #decades #friends

For in this century, within the next decades, will be decided for generations whether all mankind is to become Communist, whether the whole world is to become free, or whether, in the struggle, civilization as we know it is to be completely destroyed or completely changed. ↗

— Whittaker Chambers

#century #changed #civilization #communist #completely

No, I've always been impressed with the tremendous resilience of the American economy. I think over the years, over the decades, it's demonstrated this tremendous ability to take severe body blows, if you will, and bounce back. ↗

— Dick Cheney

#always #american #american economy #back #been

I've talked with John Cale for two decades about what to do about La Monte, and how to get copies of our work. ↗

— Tony Conrad

#copies #decades #get #how #i