#events

Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events. ↗

— Barbara Olson

#attention #attract #authority #events #himself

Events are the best teacher for us. You try to learn from people, there is always some bend to it. ↗

— Yoko Ono

#bend #best #events #learn #people

We need to dig deep and give people a reason to be optimistic just as Obama is doing in America. Because in the same way that outcome of the U.S. elections will change the course of events there and around the world, so too do politics here in Britain. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#around #because #britain #change #course

Back in 1983, the United States government approved the release of the first genetically modified organism. In this case, it was a bacteria that prevents frost on food crops. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#back #bacteria #case #crops #first

Dreaming or awake, we perceive only events that have meaning to us. ↗

— Jane Roberts

#awake #dreaming #events #meaning #only

Because I have a girlfriend, I try and take the straight and narrow path, which is good because it prevents VD. ↗

— Joe Rogan

#girlfriend #good #i #narrow #path

There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#destiny #events #expected #generation #generations

A controlled carbohydrate lifestyle really prevents risk factors for heart disease. ↗

— Robert Atkins

#controlled #disease #factors #heart #heart disease

In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes. ↗

— Julius Caesar

#events #importance #result #trivial #war

Fiction is about intimacy with characters, events, places. ↗

— Robert Morgan

#characters #events #fiction #intimacy #places