#ours

The Pentagon said that these prisoners were kept in accordance with the Geneva Convention, and of course I was not reassured by that, but I couldn't prove that that was wrong; so we're clearer about that. ↗

— Peter Singer

#accordance #clearer #convention #course #geneva

Then I think the sense of it being one community breaks down; but if you know instantly and respond within twenty-four hours, it's a very different sort of situation. ↗

— Peter Singer

#breaks #community #different #different sort #down

When fish experience something that would cause other animals physical pain, they behave in ways suggestive of pain, and the change in behaviour may last several hours. ↗

— Peter Singer

#behaviour #cause #change #experience #fish

There is a fun, flippant side to me, of course. But I would much rather be known as the Ice Queen. ↗

— Siouxsie Sioux

#fun #i #ice #known #me

I don't really have special rituals, but I don't try to write fiction unless I have a minimum of a few hours. For me, it takes a while to settle into a mode where I'm truly concentrating. ↗

— Curtis Sittenfeld

#few #fiction #hours #i #into

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves. ↗

— Edith Sitwell

#aim #already #assuring #encourage #flattery

I think that as you get older, you learn to live in yourself more securely. ↗

— Amy Smart

#i #i think #learn #live #more

Exercise? I get it on the golf course. When I see my friends collapse, I run for the paramedics. ↗

— Red Skelton

#course #exercise #friends #get #golf

I don't imagine my parents are too excited about my kind of life. The surrounding weirdness bothers them. Still, I think they're pretty good. Their lives are based on what their friends think, just like ours are. ↗

— Grace Slick

#based #bothers #excited #friends #good

When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take - choose the bolder. ↗

— William Slim

#balanced #bolder #cannot #choose #courses