#flu

Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has been a force for conservatism... to ward off threats to her own security and influence. ↗

— Bernadette Devlin

#been #best #church #conservatism #equality

When I came back from Bolivia, my Spanish was in some ways as good as my English. I am rusty today. But I am comfortable talking in Spanish. I am not flawless or fluent, but I am comfortable. It takes me a day or two speaking a lot of Spanish to get back into a rhythm. ↗

— David Dewhurst

#back #bolivia #came #comfortable #comfortable talking

Measles and TB evolved from diseases of our cattle, influenza from a disease of pigs, and smallpox possibly from a disease of camels. The Americas had very few native domesticated animal species from which humans could acquire such diseases. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#americas #animal #camels #cattle #could

A guy called Arthur Brown... was a big influence of mine... and also Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull. ↗

— Bruce Dickinson

#anderson #arthur #big #big influence #brown

If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his neighbor needs them; privately he is an unphilosophical anarchist, and thinks laws in his own case superfluous. ↗

— Will Durant

#asks #because #case #his #laws

It simply isn't fair for senators to cut to the front of the line when seniors around the country have been forced to wait for hours to get a flu shot. ↗

— Dick Durbin

#been #country #cut #fair #flu

I've always liked country music. It's a certain aspect of America that goes back to the British Isles and the influence is very native to America. ↗

— Robert Duvall

#america #aspect #back #british #certain

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives. ↗

— Clint Eastwood

#discipline #influence #lives #other #over

The constant flux and caprice of mental events do not admit of the establishment of stable experimental conditions. ↗

— Hermann Ebbinghaus

#caprice #conditions #constant #establishment #events

I've always been the first to admit that Jimi was a very big influence on my early stuff. ↗

— Robin Trower

#always #been #big #big influence #early