#figures

With Jack Abramoff under indictment, a number of readers have suggested that now he might flip and try to offer the feds some figures higher up the food-chain. ↗

— Joshua Micah Marshall

#feds #figures #flip #higher #indictment

You see, 30 years ago I didn't have near the audience I have now. My tapes on the cults have reached a circulation of 15 million. those are not my figures but the figures of the people who distribute them. ↗

— Walter Martin

#audience #circulation #cults #distribute #figures

But there have been many news reports that water-boarding has been used on Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is one of the major al Qaeda figures that we have in U.S. custody. ↗

— Jane Mayer

#been #custody #figures #khalid #major

That moment was very important because it was political. That's what has to be done, so they struck a deal. She figures his is a well-thought-out motivation that she felt was worthy trade-off. The motivation here is survival, and she has to think like a leader. ↗

— Mary McDonnell

#deal #done #felt #figures #here

There are even more statues of Robert Burns than of any other figure in world literature. Indeed if we discount figures of religion, then only Christopher Columbus has more statues than he worldwide. ↗

— Len G. Murray

#burns #christopher #columbus #discount #even

Our political leaders must be honest and forthcoming with data that will allow citizens to use facts and figures to judge for themselves what state Social Security is in. ↗

— Grace Napolitano

#citizens #data #facts #figures #forthcoming

In the photographs themselves there's a definite contrast between the figures and the location - I like that kind of California backyard look; clapboard houses, staircases outdoors. ↗

— Helmut Newton

#between #california #contrast #definite #figures

If interstellar travel is as time- or energy- demanding as the above figures indicate, it is far from obvious what the motive for colonization might be. ↗

— Barney Oliver

#colonization #demanding #far #figures #indicate

I have a bee in my bonnet as to how few black historical figures one sees on film; incredible stories, stories from which we are living the legacy and which just don't get made. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#black #few #figures #film #get

With public figures involved in a relationship it seems that there is a machine behind their love so oftentimes. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#figures #involved #love #machine #oftentimes