#mission

President Obama has made it his mission that we welcome our troops home with care and concern and the respect they deserve. That is how an exceptional nation says thank you to its most exceptional men and women. ↗

— John F. Kerry

#concern #deserve #exceptional #his #home

I don't think I've been too optimistic. The government believes the contraction will be around 1.5 per cent, as the central bank said. However, we're waiting to see the Commission estimate. ↗

— Luis de Guindos

#bank #been #believes #cent #central

Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music. ↗

— Herbie Hancock

#beyond #creativity #endeavors #far #goes

Recent warming coincides with rapid growth of human-made greenhouse gases. The observed rapid warming gives urgency to discussions about how to slow greenhouse gas emissions. ↗

— James Hansen

#coincides #discussions #emissions #gas #gases

I am not a newcomer, you know, so I want to be judged for what I did when I was prime minister last time in Italy and president of the European Commission for more than five years. ↗

— Romano Prodi

#commission #did #european #five #i

From imperial, economic and ideological causes, many cultures are the inheritors, and hence the prisoners, of attitudes of scorn and disdain for other faiths – outlooks which are not ennobling to anyone. ↗

— Idries Shah

#god #islam #jesus #mohammed #muslims

It was such a relief. I lived in fear of being found out. Now it's given me a whole new mission in life. ↗

— Dick Sargent

#fear #found #given #i #life

Traditional copyright has been that you can't make a full copy of somebody's work without their permission. ↗

— Patricia Schroeder

#copy #copyright #full #make #permission

When Hank Jones had his night off, I would get somebody to take my place as intermission pianist and I'd play the show with Ella, so I would get a chance to play with Ray Brown and Charlie Smith as well. ↗

— George Shearing

#chance #charlie #ella #get #had

I thought: This is not racing, it's a suicide mission. ↗

— Barry Sheene

#mission #racing #suicide #thought