#long

The Germans have done wonderful work. Not long ago, a German battle group battalion conducted a very impressive counterinsurgency operation in a portion of Baghlan province. I think these are the first counterinsurgency operations conducted by any German element after World War II. And they did a very impressive job. ↗

— David Petraeus

#ago #any #battalion #battle #conducted

I'm very conscious of developing my singing, technically and stylistically. I want it to become more individual, express more of me. That's my goal. These songs are steps along that way. ↗

— Madeleine Peyroux

#become #conscious #developing #express #goal

Witticisms please as long as we keep them within boundaries, but pushed to excess they cause offense. ↗

— Phaedrus

#cause #excess #keep #long #offense

I have my head screwed on right. I haven't been this way in a long time. ↗

— Liz Phair

#haven #head #his way #i #long

My nails are a disaster. If I play guitar when my nails are long, I just tear them off. ↗

— Liz Phair

#guitar #i #just #long #nails

People hang their hopes on you fitting into their CD collection in way that they have made a space for, but I'm playing a longer game than that. ↗

— Liz Phair

#collection #fitting #game #hang #hopes

It took me a long time to get selected as an astronaut. In fact, I applied for 20 years before I was selected. ↗

— John L. Phillips

#astronaut #before #fact #get #i

When oil and gas prices went up dramatically and filled up the state treasury, I sent a large share of that revenue back where it belonged - directly to the people of Alaska. ↗

— Sarah Palin

#back #belonged #directly #dramatically #filled

Yes, but I - you know, it's been such a long time, I'm sure that I've got cousins and uncles that I've never met before, you know, that I've left behind. ↗

— Rafael Palmeiro

#before #behind #cousins #got #i

My hero wants to belong too, but he doesn't want to give up all the things he came to value in the west. ↗

— Orhan Pamuk

#came #give #hero #things #too