#ear

Protectionism is a very real danger. It is understandable that in times of a severe downturn protectionist pressures mount but the lessons of history are clear. If we give in to protectionist pressures, we will only send the world into a downward spiral. ↗

— Manmohan Singh

#danger #downturn #downward #give #history

Players respond to coaches who really have their best interests at heart. ↗

— Mike Singletary

#best interests #coaches #heart #interests #players

The Indian economy grew at 5.5 percent, but if you look at the last 30 years - for example, 1960 to 1985 - the progress made by East Asian countries was phenomenal. In a single generation they had been able to transform the character of their economy. They were able to get rid of chronic poverty. ↗

— Manmohan Singh

#asian #asian countries #been #character #chronic

For a house, somewhere near Los Angeles I found an old church. Very old, no longer used. So we moved the church to the land, and I took off the steeple, and I got my hands dirty. ↗

— Douglas Sirk

#church #dirty #found #got #hands

Because too many times in life there's just one person that I met, just one thing that I heard, one movie that I saw, one song that was sung, that changed my life. So I'm always trying to stay awake to be in the moment, and capture the moments when they come, because they come and go all the time. ↗

— Mike Singletary

#awake #because #capture #changed #come

You want to learn everything that you possibly can, chew it, digest it, and take it for what it is, and then move on. ↗

— Mike Singletary

#digest #everything #learn #move #move on

But I've got more to learn, too. I don't feel like I'm done or I know it all. ↗

— Gary Sinise

#feel #got #i #know #learn

I study to learn, to be an educated person. ↗

— Gary Sinise

#i #learn #person #study

Weapons are created to be used. There's no place for the weak on this earth. ↗