#eden

In this first testing ground of the atomic bomb I have seen the most terrible and frightening desolation in four years of war. It makes a blitzed Pacific island seem like an Eden. The damage is far greater than photographs can show. ↗

— Wilfred Burchett

#atomic bomb #bomb #damage #desolation #eden

The sacrifices ordinary American men and women from communities large and small have been willing to make, often before they were past their teenage years, have secured our nation unprecedented freedoms and made us the world's bulwark of liberty. ↗

— Steve Buyer

#american men #been #before #bulwark #communities

The most interesting aspect for me, composing exclusively with patterns, is that there is not one organizational procedure more advantageous than another, perhaps because no one pattern ever takes precedence over the others. ↗

— Morton Feldman

#another #aspect #because #composing #ever

It was a sight surpassing all precedent, and one we never dreamed of seeing. ↗

— Howard Carter

#never #precedent #seeing #sight #surpassing

In my own recent String Trio I attempt to superimpose two quite different sets of formal strategies, both of which, ultimately, refer back to historical precedent. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#back #both #different #different sets #formal

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. ↗

— Richard P. Feynman

#cannot #fooled #must #nature #over

You've got some very powerful countries: Poland, the United Kingdom, Sweden and others who have a genuine desire to see the euro zone straighten itself out. It's good for all of us, whether you're in the euro zone or not, to make sure that it doesn't lead to a fracturing. ↗

— Nick Clegg

#desire #euro #genuine #good #got

The higher American patriotism, on the other hand, combines loyalty to historical tradition and precedent with the imaginative projection of an ideal national Promise. ↗

— Herbert Croly

#combines #hand #higher #historical #ideal

In the last two years, the amount of legislation in the House of Representatives and state legislatures has been really unprecedented, that has focused on reproductive rights. ↗

— Sandra Fluke

#been #focused #house #last #legislation

If there were only success in your life, you would not learn anything. Leadership is experience and you are still young. You still have much to learn about our people and war; it should not come easy to you. If it did, you would be robbed of life's most valuable teacher. ↗

— Rachel Higginson

#gabriel #leadership #experience