#ow

The Spartans were a paradoxical people. They were the biggest slave owners in Greece. But at the same time, Spartan women had an unusual level of rights. It's a paradox that they were a bunch of people who in many ways were fascist, but they were the bulwark against the fall of democracy. ↗

— Frank Miller

#biggest #bulwark #bunch #democracy #fall

We're constantly told that all cultures are equal, and that every belief system is as good as the next. And it led to a kind of - and generally, that America was to be known for its flaws rather than its virtues. ↗

— Frank Miller

#belief #constantly #cultures #equal #every

You can't have virtue without sin. What I'm after is having my characters' virtues defined by how they operate in a very sinful environment. That's how you test people. ↗

— Frank Miller

#characters #defined #environment #having #how

Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him. ↗

— Henry Miller

#destiny #every #every man #follow #him

In 1973, America imported 30 percent of its crude oil needs. Today, that number has doubled to more than 60 percent. Gas prices are as high as they are now in part because we've had no comprehensive national energy policy for the past few decades. ↗

— Gary Miller

#because #comprehensive #crude #crude oil #decades

The Asian nation's oil demand is expected to grow this year by 800,000 barrels per day and represents more than one-third of the total growth in global demand, according to the Energy Information Agency. ↗

— Gary Miller

#agency #asian #barrels #day #demand

The United States' gasoline industry, as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita demonstrated, is remarkably fragile. And the process of how oil is pumped from the ground, turned into gasoline and distributed to consumers is complicated. ↗

— Gary Miller

#consumers #demonstrated #distributed #fragile #gasoline

Did you know - and studies prove this - that 98 percent of all the Visine in this country runs down the side of people's faces? ↗

— George Miller

#did #down #faces #know #people

I used to jog three miles a day, and then I saw I was getting a little bit older, so I started fast-walking three miles a day. Now I just drive. ↗

— George Miller

#day #drive #getting #i #jog

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience. ↗

— Henry Miller

#benefit #dark #experience #growth #leap