#iona

In 1973, America imported 30 percent of its crude oil needs. Today, that number has doubled to more than 60 percent. Gas prices are as high as they are now in part because we've had no comprehensive national energy policy for the past few decades. ↗

— Gary Miller

#because #comprehensive #crude #crude oil #decades

Today more than 20,000 communities participate in the National Flood Insurance Program. More than 90 insurance companies sell and service flood service insurance. There are more than four million policies covering the total of $800 billion. ↗

— Gary Miller

#communities #companies #covering #flood #four

Philadelphia reflected the national turmoil over race and the Vietnam War, often exploding on my watch. ↗

— Andrea Mitchell

#national #often #over #philadelphia #race

Tackling deprivation around the world is a moral imperative and firmly in Britain's national interest. ↗

— Andrew Mitchell

#britain #deprivation #firmly #imperative #interest

You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but it would not be a good song, in my eyes, until it went through a period of sensitivity to a moment of clarity. Without that moment of clarity to contribute to the song, it's just complaining. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#clarity #complaining #contribute #could #emotional

I had, early in life, a love for staging, but it is fast dying out. Nine hours over a rough road are enough to root out the most passionate love of that kind. ↗

— Maria Mitchell

#early #enough #fast #had #hours

The West German population would protest passionately if it knew what secret meetings between the federal chancellor, McCoy, and foreign and Nazi generals are planning. ↗

— Walter Ulbricht

#chancellor #federal #foreign #generals #german

We have problems with our physical security, operational security through to management. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#operational #our #physical #problems #security

There are some ghost stories in Japan where - when you are sitting in the bathroom in the traditional style of the Japanese toilet - a hand is actually starting to grab you from beneath. It's a very scary story. ↗

— Shigeru Miyamoto

#bathroom #beneath #ghost #ghost stories #grab

If an educational act is to be efficacious, it will be only that one which tends to help toward the complete unfolding of life. To be thus helpful it is necessary rigorously to avoid the arrest of spontaneous movements and the imposition of arbitrary tasks. ↗

— Maria Montessori

#arbitrary #arrest #avoid #complete #educational