#led

I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as we might have. But that's now history. ↗

— Colin Powell

#baghdad #fall #handled #history #i

In the past, those who had ideas they wished to communicate to the public had the unquestioned right to disseminate those ideas in an open marketplace, called a mall, we should not abridge that right. ↗

— Sol Wachtler

#communicate #disseminate #had #ideas #in the past

Globalisation means that for a high-wage, developed economy like Britain's to compete we need to focus our efforts on the highly skilled, added-value sectors such as advanced manufacturing, creative industries, engineering and even financial services. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#britain #compete #creative #developed #economy

These are tough times and under this Tory-led government many people in Manchester are suffering and getting left behind. If elected I will use all my energy, skills, experience and knowledge to stand up for our communities and get things done for the better. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#better #communities #done #elected #energy

What the Lib Dems have failed to do is offer any meaningful agenda for government or for power. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#any #failed #government #lib #meaningful

The desire to live in our imagination is driven by this suspicion that we're disembodied sensibilities cobbled into our bodies. That idea has infused most of human thought since the very beginning. ↗

— Richard Powers

#bodies #cobbled #desire #driven #human

To understand the Left, one must understand that in its view the greatest evil is material inequality. The Left is more troubled by economic inequality than by evil as humanity has generally understood the term. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#evil #generally #greatest #humanity #inequality

They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#dangerous #dangerous thing #half #ignorance #knowledge

I'm a fantasy writer, called a fantasy writer. But there's very little, apart from one or two basic concepts in 'I Shall Wear Midnight,' which are in fact fantasy. You have sticks that fly, but they're practical broomsticks, with a bloody great strap that you can hold on to so you don't fall off. And you try not to use them too often. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#basic #bloody #called #concepts #fact

I've always felt that what I have going for me is not my imagination, because everyone has an imagination. What I have is a relentlessly controlled imagination. What looks like wild invention is actually quite carefully calculated. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#always #because #calculated #carefully #controlled