#ma

The U.S has acquired reservoirs of goodwill around the globe over many years. But it is clear - from polling data and ample anecdotal evidence - that America is losing its allure in much of the world. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#allure #america #ample #anecdotal #around

U.S. officials and outside experts agree that China is undertaking a comprehensive modernization of its military. The Chinese military has gotten smaller but smarter. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#china #chinese #comprehensive #experts #gotten

We should insist that governments receiving American aid live up to standards of accountability and transparency, and we should support countries that embrace market reforms, democracy, and the rule of law. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#aid #american #countries #democracy #embrace

I carry Yeats with me wherever I go. He's my constant companion. I always can find some comfort in Yeats no matter what the situation is. Months and months and months go by and I know I need to switch to Shelley or somebody else, but right now Yeats is enough for me. ↗

— Linda Hamilton

#carry #comfort #companion #constant #else

Always try to maintain complete tolerance and always make an effort to give people more than they expect. ↗

— Scott Hamilton

#complete #effort #expect #give #maintain

I had a ninth grade teacher who told me I was much smarter and much better than I was allowing myself to be. ↗

— Scott Hamilton

#allowing #better #grade #had #i

I just try to touch people's hearts in a way through skating, so they're not just witnessing a performance, they're feeling a performance and they're a part of it. ↗

— Scott Hamilton

#hearts #i #just #part #people

I felt like I was making a record under the radar, and that is my favorite way to do anything. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#favorite #felt #i #like #making

We laugh at sheep because sheep just follow the one in front. We humans have out-sheeped the sheep, because at least the sheep need a sheep dog to keep them in line. Humans keep each other in line. And they do it by ridiculing or condemning anyone who commits the crime, and that’s what it’s become, of being different. ↗

— David Icke

#equality #humanity #society #equality

From the fall of October, 1980 to March, 1984 I never lost a competition. ↗

— Scott Hamilton

#fall #i #lost #march #never