#lis

To say that you now trust the Russian military command and control system because some Russian general told you from the bottom of his heart that's the case, strikes me as most unrealistic. ↗

— William Odom

#bottom #case #command #control #general

In swimming at my level it's about control of the small movements. A good ballet dancer floats across the stage, the best sprinters virtually abolish gravity. All motion occurs in the right direction. ↗

— Alexander Dale Oen

#about #across #ballet #ballet dancer #best

That the Op-Ed page is very important in readers' and the nation's perception of the Times, the perception of its editorial positions, and of its implicit editorial positions as expressed by the publisher's choice of people who are given the freedom to write opinion columns. ↗

— Daniel Okrent

#columns #editorial #expressed #freedom #given

We have fallen into this very mean description of humanity. Naturalism in fiction is too reductive in its definition of human beings. ↗

— Ben Okri

#definition #description #fallen #fiction #human

During our stay in London for the first time I was able to establish personal contact with some of the organic chemists, whose work I knew and admired from the literature. I found them most gracious and helpful. ↗

— George Andrew Olah

#admired #chemists #contact #during #establish

I was invited to join the newly established Central Chemical Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1954 and was able to establish a small research group in organic chemistry, housed in temporary laboratories of an industrial research institute. ↗

— George Andrew Olah

#academy #central #chemical #chemistry #establish

Materialist philosophies that treat human beings as machines or animals possess the high ground in our culture - academia, the most powerful media and many of our courts. ↗

— Marvin Olasky

#beings #courts #culture #ground #high

I thought I'd join the RAF and become a wing commander. I realised this wasn't possible, although I do have a pilot's licence. ↗

— Mike Oldfield

#become #commander #i #i do #join

I'm just so grateful and astonished that I'm still respected and listened to. ↗

— Mike Oldfield

#grateful #i #just #listened #respected

It's nice to be able to backtrack and not be embarrassed by the music you used to listen to. ↗

— Will Oldham

#embarrassed #listen #music #nice #used