#dent

He must be independent and brave, and sure of himself and of the importance of his work, because if he isn't he will never survive the scorching blasts of derision that will probably greet his first efforts. ↗

— Robert E. Sherwood

#blasts #brave #derision #efforts #first

I'm sure that was the right step, even though, formally speaking, it may seem disadvantageous for a president to resign. But, looking into what is happening today and what is going to happen in the future, I think history will show I made the right decision. ↗

— Eduard Shevardnadze

#disadvantageous #even #formally #future #going

I didn't realize the president was such an historian. ↗

— Mark Shields

#i #president #realize #such

In the 2004 presidential election, we saw a wonderful example of citizens making contributions. In fact, individual giving to both the Kerry and Bush campaigns was the highest in our nation's history. ↗

— Mark Shields

#bush #campaigns #citizens #contributions #election

When you run for president of the United States, everybody does the same thing in the campaign-they talk about veterans, how much they admire them, how grateful they are. ↗

— Mark Shields

#admire #does #everybody #grateful #how

In the year 1915 a series of trivial incidents led some Chinese students in Cornell University to take up the question of reforming the Chinese language. ↗

— Hu Shih

#cornell #incidents #language #led #question

No student of Chinese history can say that the Chinese are incapable of religious experience, even when judged by the standards of medieval Europe or pious India. ↗

— Hu Shih

#europe #even #experience #history #incapable

Like Godfather, you look at a movie like that, or something that James Gray has directed, a film with minimal or pin lighting as opposed to everything being lit bright and flat, where everything is evident. ↗

— Bill Sienkiewicz

#bright #directed #everything #evident #film

Millions of Americans, adults and children, lack access to dental care. ↗

— Michael K. Simpson

#care #children #dental #lack #millions

In the event of the death of a current or former President, like the recent death of President Ronald Reagan, the flag should be flown at half-staff for thirty days from the day of the death. ↗

— Michael K. Simpson

#day #days #death #event #flag