#def

One of the reasons the deficit got as big as it did, frankly, was because of the economic slowdown, the fall-off in deficits, the terrorist attacks. A significant chunk was taken out of the economy by what happened after the attacks of 9/11. ↗

— Dick Cheney

#attacks #because #big #chunk #deficit

The Department of Defense took 40 years to get where it got. ↗

— Michael Chertoff

#department #get #got #took #where

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#defying #great #great virtues #his #keeping

The only defensible war is a war of defense. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#only #war

I think that Mos Def is the best actor, but when you talk about rappers in films, I don't really think the quality of the acting is most important because most rappers are put in movies because of the personality and people want to see that. ↗

— Morris Chestnut

#acting #actor #because #best #def

You go from movies where you are wearing nice clothes and you're trying to smell good to a movie where you are in water and you are wet all day, and you are dealing with that elements, it gets rough, but it was definitely something I wanted to try. ↗

— Morris Chestnut

#clothes #day #dealing #definitely #elements

The mother must socialize her daughter to become subordinate to men, and if her daughter challenges patriarchal norms, the mother is likely to defend the patriarchal structures against her own daughters. ↗

— Carol P. Christ

#become #challenges #daughter #daughters #defend

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#love #philosophy #rightly #simply #wisdom

Life is possible only by the deficiencies of our imagination and memory. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#imagination #life #memory #only #our

But no, had I been successful in my 20s I would have been just fine. But it is nice to defy the odds. ↗

— Patricia Clarkson

#defy #fine #had #i #just