#orc

But clearly the fact that we've gone from zero Iraqi security forces on duty in May to up to 200,000 today is an enormous accomplishment, but it's not enough. ↗

— John Abizaid

#clearly #duty #enormous #enough #fact

It ain't always rocket science, sometimes a door is just a door. ↗

— James Rollins

#judas-strain #sigma-force #thriller #science

Blood, pain and an all-surpassing lust for one man settled so deeply into his bones, the need had become part of him. Bottomless, like the touch he craved. Vadim. ↗

— Aleksandr Voinov

#special-forces #lust

How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns? ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#french #horns #how #orchestra #soccer

I look my best when I take my helmet off after a long motorcycle ride. I have a glow and a bit of helmet hair. ↗

— Eric Bana

#best #bit #glow #hair #helmet

Thought is more important than art. To revere art and have no understanding of the process that forces it into existence, is finally not even to understand what art is. ↗

— Amiri Baraka

#even #existence #finally #forces #important

A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you don't find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting. ↗

— James M. Barrie

#back #chilly #crammed #drawer #falls

Most women outlive their spouses. Divorce remains at record rates. It's important for a woman to be able to control her finances. ↗

— Maria Bartiromo

#control #divorce #finances #her #important

Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed. ↗

— Mark Twain

#except #force #principles #real #well-fed

Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family. ↗

— Abu Bakar Bashir

#case #enforced #even #family #firmly