#ngo

I have a contract but it's not a commitment in the ordinary sense. It's our ongoing conversation. ↗

— Diane Sawyer

#contract #conversation #i #ongoing #ordinary

I was proud to witness American Jewish organizations found the Save Darfur Coalition in June 2004 to mobilize a coordinated interfaith response to the ongoing humanitarian disaster. ↗

— Jan Schakowsky

#coalition #coordinated #darfur #disaster #found

We believe that we should come to an agreement with the Palestinians. But we need two to tango. ↗

— Silvan Shalom

#believe #come #need #palestinians #should

All the Baltic countries have been steadfast in support of allies of the United States since they gained their independence following the fall of the Soviet Union and have continued to be supportive in the ongoing war on terror. ↗

— John Shimkus

#baltic #been #continued #countries #fall

The Open Skies issue is something that's ongoing and we understand that there are issues in Australia that need to be sorted out. It's something that I think over time there's an opportunity for us and we'll work on that in a progressive way. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#i #i think #issue #issues #need

Congress: Bingo with billions. ↗

— Red Skelton

#bingo #congress

Global warming, the ongoing destruction of the planet, Third World debt, the uselessness of the railways, the takeover by the corporations, the scary George Bush person: all these things are important and should be animating me into outrage. Yet somehow they do not. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#bush #corporations #debt #destruction #george

Some of life's greatest wisdom comes from observing the lives of very lost people. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#lost #ungodly-people #life

Shortly afterwards, it sounded as if the rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) were landing dangerously close - so close that I immediately dropped to the floor, prompting an unflinching Congolese man in the lobby, who’d obviously endured much worse, to jokingly say, ”I see you do not enjoy the beautiful music we play here in the Congo.” It is still one of the most reassuring things anyone has ever said to me in the midst of a crisis…. ↗

— Samantha Nutt

#beauty

Curse you, cheap beer. Must find miso in tiny packet. ↗

— MCM

#hangover #humor #malediction #humor