#measures

It seems that American patriotism measures itself against an outcast group. The right Americans are the right Americans because they're not like the wrong Americans, who are not really Americans. ↗

— Eric Hobsbawm

#american #because #group #itself #like

The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress. ↗

— Ramana Maharshi

#degree #freedom #freedom from #gauge #measures

The House passage of our bill is a victory for this country! Common sense wins out. I'm just so thrilled and excited. The sale of guns must stop. Halfway measures are not enough. ↗

— Sarah Brady

#common #common sense #country #enough #excited

The implementation measures of both Covenants, but especially those of the Covenant concerning civil and political rights, were considerably weakened to the point where they assumed an optional character. ↗

— Rene Cassin

#both #character #civil #concerning #considerably

During the last regular session and the most recent special session, measures that I see as little more than Band-Aids were applied to three health programs in the state. ↗

— Jane D. Hull

#during #health #i #i see #last

Breast cancer is being detected at an earlier, more treatable stage these days, largely because women are taking more preventive measures, like self-exams and regular mammograms. And treatment is getting better too. ↗

— Elizabeth Hurley

#being #better #breast cancer #cancer #days

If my tongue were trained to measures, I would sing a stirring song. ↗

— Paul Tillich

#measures #sing #song #stirring #tongue

By the time I became chairman and there was more of a feeling of urgency, there was a willingness to accept more forceful measures to try to deal with the inflation. ↗

— Paul A. Volcker

#became #by the time #chairman #deal #feeling

When I cook with my son, I might chop vegetables and have fun with different shapes. Cooking is a way to teach kids about other things, like reading or math with all of the weights and measures. There are so many things that are part of cooking that are also very educational. ↗

— Emeril Lagasse

#also #chop #cook #cooking #different

I was interested in variations in temperatures of the oceans over the past millennium. But there are no records of these changes so I had to find proxy measures: coral growth, ice cores and tree rings. ↗

— Michael E. Mann

#coral #find #growth #had #i