#orders

But like the rest of the country, Maine has reached an impasse, for most of the mercury that fouls our skies, waters and land comes from outside our borders. ↗

— Tom Allen

#comes #country #fouls #impasse #land

Beauty' is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined by politics, and in the modern age in the West is is the last, best belief system that keeps male dominance intact. ↗

— Naomi Wolf

#beauty #body-image #eating-disorders #self-esteem #society

Evil borders upon good, and vices are confounded with virtues; as the report of good qualities is delightful to a well-disposed mind, so the relation of the contrary should not be offensive. ↗

— Giraldus Cambrensis

#confounded #contrary #delightful #evil #good

I think in the corridors of power these dangerous kinds of orders are issued in a much more vague way, passed down two or three levels of command before they're given to the assassin. ↗

— Eddie Campbell

#before #command #corridors #dangerous #down

Food can become such a point of anxiety - not because it's food, but just because you have anxiety. That's how eating disorders develop. ↗

— Vanessa Carlton

#anxiety #because #become #develop #disorders

In 2003, the value of Airbus's orders was more than twice as much as Boeing's. ↗

— Norm Dicks

#more #much #orders #than #twice

Obviously, overall infrastructure needs on the Southwest and Northern borders are mounting. We need a major push in Congress to remedy this. ↗

— Pete Domenici

#congress #infrastructure #major #mounting #need

Now that I look back, I realize that a life predicated on being obedient and taking orders is a very comfortable life indeed. Living in such a way reduces to a minimum one's need to think. ↗

— Adolf Eichmann

#being #comfortable #comfortable life #i #indeed

I grew up pretty peacefully, in that Eastern way. You easily solve problems, believe in harmony. Reduce conflicts, take orders until one day you give orders. ↗

— Ang Lee

#conflicts #day #easily #eastern #give

On a Chinese film you just give orders, no one questions you. Here, you have to convince people, you have to tell them why you want to do it a certain way, and they argue with you. Democracy. ↗

— Ang Lee

#certain #certain way #chinese #convince #democracy