#extensive

I like solitude. It is when you truly hear and speak your natural, unadulterated mind, and out comes your most stupid self as well as your most intelligent self. It is when you realize who you are and the extents of the good and the evils which you are capable of. ↗

— Criss Jami

#censorship #evil #extensive #extremes #good

I find myself going to places where I really have no business, speaking to these people in a whole other field that I have no extensive knowledge of. But I do it very often because it scares me. ↗

— Alan Alda

#business #extensive #field #find #going

Nigeria has had a complicated colonial history. My work has examined that part of our story extensively. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#complicated #examined #extensively #had #history

You must have the music to justify an instrument's extensive use. ↗

— Steve Lacy

#instrument #justify #music #must #use

I've loved science fiction ever since I was a little kid, mainly from looking at the covers of science-fiction magazines and books, and I've read quite extensively as an adult. ↗

— Matt Groening

#books #covers #ever #extensively #fiction

A world community can exist only with world communication, which means something more than extensive short-wave facilities scattered; about the globe. It means common understanding, a common tradition, common ideas, and common ideals. ↗

— Robert M. Hutchins

#common #communication #community #exist #extensive

Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in human history, largely to meet rapidly growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber and fuel. This has resulted in a substantial and largely irreversible loss in the diversity of life on Earth. ↗

— Gary Larson

#changed #comparable #demands #diversity #earth

The construction of extensive railways, however, and particularly the consolidation of small, experimental lines into large systems, dates from the days of the discovery of gold in California. ↗

— John Moody

#consolidation #construction #dates #days #discovery

Iran also has an extensive missile development programme. Iranian officials declare that the range of their modified Shahab-3 missiles is 2,000km, putting allied countries such as Turkey, Greece, Romania, and Bulgaria within reach. ↗

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

#also #bulgaria #countries #declare #development

Masood Ahmed brings to the position of director of external relations extensive experience gained in a range of senior positions in international finance and development. ↗

— Rodrigo Rato

#development #director #experience #extensive #external