#ira

It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed...the habits of a vigorous mind are formed contending with difficulties. All history will convince you of this, and that wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues. ↗

— Abigail Adams

#experience

It's true that the question of Iraq divided Europe. ↗

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

#europe #iraq #question #true

The familiar material objects may not be all that is real, but they are admirable examples. ↗

— Willard Van Orman Quine

#examples #familiar #material #may #objects

One of the things I try to be very careful of is not taking a movie when I know I have no inspiration left. ↗

— Trevor Rabin

#i #inspiration #know #left #movie

I think the elections have gone well, although there is so much insecurity in Iraq. So far during the counting of ballots, there has not been a significant complaint. We have to wait to see what the outcome of the counting is. ↗

— Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

#ballots #been #complaint #counting #during

We did not treat the Americans badly. They left Iran in a relaxed mood. The embassy was active here after the revolution. We didn't have any problem with them. They started it. ↗

— Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

#after #any #badly #did #embassy

When al-Qaeda was on the run from Afghanistan crossing through Iran, some were arrested and they are imprisoned. Some of them are charged with some actions in Iran. ↗

— Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

#afghanistan #al-qaeda #arrested #charged #crossing

I've been lucky enough that I can gather all sorts of experiences and find inspiration by traveling around and by spending time with people I admire. ↗

— Bonnie Raitt

#around #been #enough #experiences #find

There won't be any miracles. We never promised any. But as we have said before, when things are done properly, the results come in. ↗

— Mariano Rajoy

#before #come #done #miracles #never

I am struck by how casually we as a nation react to the carnage in Iraq. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#carnage #casually #how #i #i am