#filing

Your spikes, which were really quite long then, would catch the material of the track and your shoe would get heavier. I was simply filing them down and rubbing some graphite on the spikes. I thought I would run more effectively. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#down #effectively #filing #get #heavier

April is tax month. If you are having trouble filing your taxes, then you should hire an accountant. They'll give you the same advice that they've given hundreds of corporations - taxes are for douche bags. ↗

— Ed Helms

#advice #april #bags #corporations #filing

Tell me, have you done much circus work in your life?' [asked Mulder]. Nutt drew himself up to his full height. 'And what makes you think I've ever even gone to a circus, let alone been a slave in one?' he demanded... Finally Mulder managed to say, 'I didn't mean any offense.' 'Offended? Why should I be offended?' Nutt demanded. 'It's human nature to make quick judgements of people based only on their looks. Why, I have done the same thing to you.' 'Have you?' said Mulder. 'And what have you concluded?' 'I have taken in your all-American face, your unsmiling expression, your boring necktie. I have decided you work for the government,' Nutt said. 'You are- an FBI agent.' 'Am I really?' Mulder said. 'I hope you get my point,' Nutt said. 'I want to show how stupid it would be to look at you as a type, rather than as an individual.' 'But I am an FBI agent,' Mulder said, showing Nutt his badge. There was a loud silence. Then Nutt said, 'Sign the book please. ↗

— Les Martin

#profiling #x-files #life

I feel that racial profiling may be a very complicated and long-standing problem. It will take a long time even to make tiny progress. ↗

— Wen Ho Lee

#even #feel #i #i feel #long

People like to be shown around archives. I don’t know why. I’m in the business, but one row of shelves stuffed with manila files looks much like another. ↗

— V.T. Davy

#archives #file #files #filing #shelf

Writers often have the cleanest windows, floors, fridges and toilets, the most up-to-date filing system or the best record for returning calls or e-mails because, in the moment, just about any task seems more palatable than sitting down to write.” (p.136) ↗

— Mark David Gerson

#filing #floors #fridges #returning-calls #toilets

If we stopped calling it profiling and started calling it "proactive intelligence screening" or "high alert detecting", people would be saying "Well, it's about time". ↗

— Bill Maher

#terrorism #intelligence

It becomes more and more difficult to avoid the idea of black men as subjects of not just racial profiling but of an insidious form of racial obliteration sanctioned by silence. ↗

— Aberjhani

#demographics-of-united-states #humanity #post-racial-america #race-and-racism-in-america #race-relations

You had to make an appointment to see her. But it was just a crazy spectacle, people filing past. ↗

— Eddie Campbell

#crazy #filing #had #her #just

A great writer creates a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in for a moment, but soon he will watch them filing out. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#entice #filing #great #great writer #his