#lace

I put those people in place. I trusted them. I had no idea they would do anything like this. ↗

— Bernard Ebbers

#had #i #idea #like #no idea

Are you as much of a criminal if you don't act when there's a crime taking place in front of you as you are one of the participants? That was something that I was thinking about a lot because there are many moments in 'Less Than Zero' where horrific things happen and Clay could do something about them, but his passivity stops him. ↗

— Bret Easton Ellis

#act #because #clay #could #crime

The first persecution of the Church took place in the year 67, under Nero, the sixth emperor of Rome. ↗

— John Foxe

#emperor #first #persecution #place #rome

It's a tough marketplace right now... It is very compressed... A turnaround is likely to happen quicker than before. ↗

— Peter Chernin

#compressed #happen #likely #marketplace #now

He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from contemplating a painting, a statuette, a rare lace curtain - no matter what - after he had bought it and placed it among his household gods. ↗

— Kate Chopin

#among #because #bought #chiefly #contemplating

I believe the accepted model of capitalism that demands endless growth deserves the blame for the destruction of nature, and it should be displaced. Failing that, I try to work with those companies and help them change the way they think about our resources. ↗

— Yvon Chouinard

#accepted #believe #blame #capitalism #change

Therefore, when we arrive in a place and talk to new people about a new image, it is very hard for them to visualize it. That's where the drawings are very important, because at least we can show a projection of what we believe it will look like. ↗

— Christo

#arrive #because #believe #drawings #hard

We are a better Nation and the world is a safer place because of Ronald Reagan. ↗

— Thad Cochran

#better #nation #place #reagan #ronald

It is a high patriotic duty that we support and sustain the men who have been placed in position of difficulty, burden, responsibility, and even danger as the result of our suffrages. ↗

— Bainbridge Colby

#burden #danger #difficulty #duty #even

You don't have to worry about being a number one, number two, or number three. Numbers don't have anything to do with placement. Numbers only have something to do with repetition. ↗

— Ornette Coleman

#anything #being #number #number three #numbers