#na

The consequences of President Johnson's campaign of deliberate deception regarding Vietnam could hardly have been more catastrophic for the nation, the military, the president, his party, and the presidency itself. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#campaign #catastrophic #consequences #could #deception

There are more people at Obama's table offering ideas than there were five years ago, but when it came to facing up to the Republicans' threat to force a double-dip recession if they didn't get their millionaires' tax cut, they still amounted to nothing. And therein lies our fundamental problem. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#amounted #came #cut #facing #five

I have always thought it morally unacceptable to kill stories, not to run stories, that people have risked their lives to get. ↗

— Christiane Amanpour

#get #i #kill #lives #morally

I got the nickname Spitfire for a reason - I burned inside to play volleyball. ↗

— Summer Altice

#got #i #inside #nickname #play

But in a tournament, you can be said in for all your money at any point so you can't make any mistakes so you have to, it's all about where you're sitting at the table. ↗

— Al Alvarez

#any #make #mistakes #money #point

The RNA World referred to an hypothetical stage in the origin of life on Earth. ↗

— Sidney Altman

#hypothetical #life #origin #referred #rna

The fact that we write about it doesn't mean we play better than ordinary players at all. ↗

— Al Alvarez

#better #fact #mean #ordinary #play

What type of flavor do you think I prefer?" She cocked her head. "The subtle, the delicately made. You're the type of person who wants the mystery inside the flower bud." I can still appreciate the different nuances of the stronger flavors." He studied the orchid in the center of the table. "With the very delicate, you sculpt something down to such a whisper of form, there's nothing else it can be. It's in strength you find surprises, variation. ↗

— Joey W. Hill

#marguerite #tyler #nature

And I really believe good journalism is good business. ↗

— Christiane Amanpour

#business #good #i #journalism #really

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#fact #naturalism #reliable #true #nature