#gains

But that's not enough: To maintain energy security, one needs a supply system that provides a buffer against shocks. It needs large, flexible markets. And it's important to acknowledge the fact that the entire energy supply chain needs to be protected. ↗

— Daniel Yergin

#against #buffer #chain #energy #energy security

I've learned over a period of years there are setbacks when you come up against the immovable object; sometimes the object doesn't move. ↗

— Coleman Young

#come #i #immovable #learned #move

It was easy, terribly easy, to become with time a middle-aged spinster with a sharp tongue. She would have to guard against this. ↗

— Alexander McCall Smith

#middle-age #sharp-tongue #spinster #age

Help me, Mikey, she wanted to say. I’m afraid. More afraid than you’d ever believe.’ And he’d take her hand and they’d fly across the rooftops and up into space and sit on some planet and watch a double sunrise or maybe a star being born or some other event that no human had ever seen, her head on his shoulder, his arm around her. And she’d tell him everything. ↗

— Jenny Downham

#jenny-downham #made-me-cry #romance #you-against-me #young-adult

An artist, in my understanding of the word, should side with the people against the Emperor that oppresses his or her people. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#artist #emperor #her #his #oppresses

For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune. ↗

— Aeschylus

#gods #man #mark #misfortune #rail

Families are struggling against a tide of junk information on junk food. ↗

— Diane Abbott

#families #food #information #junk #junk food

I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#defend #did #everyone #i #i think

When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#better #could #hoped #i #just

If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#always #american #been #conflict #intelligence