#iona

Thrillers have been traditionally very masculine books; the women characters often rather decorative. ↗

— Ken Follett

#books #characters #decorative #masculine #often

International institutions ought to be, as the national ones in democratic countries, established by the peoples and for the peoples. ↗

— Henri La Fontaine

#democratic #established #institutions #international #international institutions

I don't do what I'm doing to fight terror. ... I do it because I care about kids. Fighting terror is maybe seventh or eighth on my list of priorities. But working over there, I've learned a few things. I've learned that terror doesn't happen because some group of people somewhere like Pakistan or Afghanistan simply decide to hate us. It happens because children aren't being offered a bright enough future that they have a reason to choose life over death. ↗

— Greg Mortenson

#inspirational #terror #war #death

But I've worked where they've had animals before, and animal wranglers, the people who raise animals and train animals for films and television, they're all very, very professional. ↗

— M. Emmet Walsh

#before #films #had #i #people

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#fail #failing #prepare #preparing #you

It is wrong to believe that Hispanics are Democrats. Hispanics are traditionally and historically conservative, not just socially conservative, but fiscally conservative. ↗

— Luis Fortuno

#conservative #democrats #fiscally #fiscally conservative #hispanics

The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it. ↗

— Jodie Foster

#best #feel #film #make #passionately

We know that the most fundamental responsibility of our Federal Government is to ensure the safety of its people and to protect and ensure our National security. And clearly port security has been left in limbo. ↗

— Vito Fossella

#clearly #ensure #federal #federal government #fundamental

I represent Staten Island and Brooklyn, and not just that the financial services industry is important to the U.S., but is disproportionately important to New York City. ↗

— Vito Fossella

#city #disproportionately #financial #financial services #i

The issue for me is American competitiveness, and how do we best create a climate here that allows international capital to come to these shores to create jobs. ↗

— Vito Fossella

#american #best #capital #climate #come