#elf

I think the play on words for 'Punky' Brewster has definitely played itself out. ↗

— Jordana Brewster

#i #i think #itself #out #play

The fleet being thus more inclosed will more readily observe the signals, and with greater facility form itself into the line of battle a circumstance which should be kept in view in every order of sailing. ↗

— William Falconer

#being #circumstance #every #facility #fleet

The European organisation contemplated could not oppose any ethnic group, on other continents or in Europe itself, outside of the League of Nations, any more than it could oppose the League of Nations. ↗

— Aristide Briand

#contemplated #continents #could #ethnic #europe

It is immoral from almost any point of view to refuse to defend yourself and others from very grave and terrible threats, even as there are limits to the means that can be used in such defense. ↗

— Herman Kahn

#any #defend #defense #even #grave

I am a danger to myself if I get angry. ↗

— Oriana Fallaci

#angry #danger #get #i #i am

Arafat contradicts himself every five minutes. He always plays the double-cross, lies even if you ask him what time it is. ↗

— Oriana Fallaci

#arafat #ask #contradicts #even #every

Self-righteous people can talk themselves into forgetting they are part of a civilization. They can then feed on that culture, bringing it down. It's happened many times in the past. It could happen to us. ↗

— David Brin

#civilization #could #culture #down #feed

When I was growing up, I always knew I'd be in the top of my class in math, and that gave me a lot of self-confidence. ↗

— Sergey Brin

#class #gave #growing #growing up #i

Brian Eno developed systems to keep himself on edge and to keep himself in a position where he's generating ideas. ↗

— Jon Brion

#developed #edge #generating #himself #ideas

But always I regarded myself as one who was born in Jerusalem. ↗

— Shmuel Y. Agnon

#born #i #jerusalem #myself #regarded