#ira

The people I want are very famous and very rich, and all I can offer them is a bit of exposure on TV and a bit of cash, so it's a miracle we get any guests at all. But we have been very lucky. ↗

— Graham Norton

#been #bit #cash #exposure #famous

Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine. ↗

— Ludwig van Beethoven

#philosophy #wisdom #art

Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration. ↗

— Rudolf Nureyev

#fall #inspiration #out #run #technique

My parents were neither wealthy nor academic, but we lived comfortably and they were always extremely supportive of my academic efforts and aspirations, both at school and university. ↗

— Paul Nurse

#always #aspirations #both #comfortably #efforts

Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military. ↗

— Barack Obama

#afghanistan #defensive #iraq #lack #military

There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America. ↗

— Barack Obama

#america #defending #iraq #opposed #patriots

We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it's time to turn the page. ↗

— Barack Obama

#because #beginning #belief #born #chapter

The photographs of Iraqi prisoners being subjected to degrading and humiliating treatment by their captors, and the reports of acts of sexual abuse, physical abuse, and other acts of maltreatment shock the conscience. ↗

— Ed Markey

#acts #being #captors #conscience #degrading

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others. ↗

— Francois Mauriac

#love #miracle #others #see #someone

Bear in mind North Korea has been the leading source, a leading source of nuclear technology and of missile delivery systems to some of the world's great rogues in Iran and Syria. ↗

— Robert McFarlane

#been #delivery #great #iran #korea