#def

special thanks to Martha Sharpe and everyone at Anansi; to Mandy Barber, for the use of her stunning visual art; to Karen Mac Cormack, for her advice during the early stages of this project; and to David Bromige (weaver of radhats), for his enthusiasm which encouraged me to develop this piece into a book-length poem. ↗

— Darren Wershler-Henry

#cycle-of-defeat #gram-parsons #metalhead #parasite #punishment

A battery by definition is a collection of cells. So the cell is a little can of chemicals. And the challenge is taking a very high-energy cell, and a large number of them, and combining them safely into a large battery. ↗

— Elon Musk

#cell #cells #challenge #chemicals #collection

It's important for us, if we're going to be a good team, to be a good defensive team in the fourth quarter. ↗

— Steve Nash

#fourth #going #good #important #quarter

Well, when I was a kid, if my father was witnessing something that he thought was particularly outrageous or he was looking at some sort of a question that he thought lacked proper definition, he would say, Well, at least Jesse James had the honor to wear a mask. ↗

— Richard Neal

#father #had #honor #i #james

I'm a running coach and I am going to continue to run, but I would hope that we are better defensively. ↗

— Don Nelson

#better #coach #continue #defensively #going

Let me be clear. I support the definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman. ↗

— Ben Nelson

#clear #definition #i #man #marriage

The terrorist uses surprise and stealth, and the only way to defeat that is by having accurate and timely intelligence. ↗

— Bill Nelson

#defeat #having #intelligence #only #stealth

That is not to say that we can relax our readiness to defend ourselves. Our armament must be adequate to the needs, but our faith is not primarily in these machines of defense but in ourselves. ↗

— Chester W. Nimitz

#armament #defend #defense #faith #machines

It's just a great school and they have a history of developing big men. Georgetown is definitely a great option for me. ↗

— Nerlens Noel

#definitely #developing #great #history #just

I don't know that I have any role models now that are fixed. Definitely my mom - she's the coolest. She's worked really hard her whole life and I just think she's got a great attitude. Moms just know so much it's so silly. ↗

— Larisa Oleynik

#attitude #coolest #definitely #fixed #got