#fe

Nonetheless, the research budgets of the Department of Defense are under enormous stress-and they are extremely important because they support more than 40 percent of all federal funding for engineering schools across the country. So the threat was and is real. ↗

— Charles Vest

#because #budgets #country #defense #department

I think the Internet's been a tremendous tool in terms of breaking down the power structure of information and entertainment, particularly at a time when so much information and entertainment were in the hands of so few people, with multinationals owning everything. ↗

— Dave Foley

#breaking #down #entertainment #everything #few

A government operates and acts differently than a company. So all we want to do is get some transparency here and then determine if the deal should go forward. ↗

— Mark Foley

#company #deal #determine #differently #forward

For example, in my district there are visitors from all over the world who are drawn to our beautiful beaches, recreational lakes, habitat wildlife preserves and golf courses. ↗

— Mark Foley

#beautiful #courses #district #drawn #example

On the other hand, it is not fair to say that changes in federal policy have caused our tuition to rise faster. Every economic argument imaginable would indicate that we should raise tuition at a faster rate than we do. ↗

— Charles Vest

#caused #changes #economic #every #fair

Look at the stars. See their beauty. And in that beauty, see yourself. ↗

— Draya Mooney

#life-lessons #meaning-of-life #stars #beauty

I use a professional researcher in New York who does all the legwork, all that stuff which would take me days and weeks of calling, waiting for people to call back. ↗

— Ken Follett

#call #calling #days #does #i

We all now tell stories by cutting from one dramatic scene to the next, whereas Victorian novelists felt free to write long passages of undramatic summary. ↗

— Ken Follett

#dramatic #felt #free #long #next

But the whole point of liberation is that you get out. Restructure your life. Act by yourself. ↗

— Jane Fonda

#get #liberation #life #out #point

Everyone needs beauty as well as bread, places to play and pray, where nature heals and give strength to body and soul alike. ↗

— John Muir

#beauty