#pact

Hence a ship is said to be tight, when her planks are so compact and solid as to prevent the entrance of the water in which she is immersed: and a cask is called tight, when the staves are so close that none of the liquid contained therein can issue through or between them. ↗

— William Falconer

#called #cask #close #compact #contained

It strikes me as hubris that Universal will buy EMI. What it will do is create a super-major that will have far too much power... I think when Universal goes up over 40 percent market share, I don't see how reasonable regulators can countenance. It will impact not just labels, but artists and cultural diversity. ↗

— Edgar Bronfman, Jr.

#buy #countenance #create #cultural #cultural diversity

I would say that, intellectually, Catholicism had no more impact on me than did social theory. ↗

— Paul Farmer

#did #had #i #impact #intellectually

Here in Australia we do get impacted by global economic events. But we should have some confidence that our economy has got strong underlying fundamentals. ↗

— Julia Gillard

#confidence #economic #economy #events #fundamentals

It is about time that we develop a worldwide strategy to reduce illegal trade in meth and its precursor chemicals and stop the devastating impact that methamphetamine use is having on our children and our communities. ↗

— Dennis Cardoza

#chemicals #children #communities #devastating #develop

I think there are problems with compact disc copy protection that can't be resolved. ↗

— Edward Felten

#copy #disc #i #i think #problems

When I went out on tour as Bing Hitler I would hook up with Lenny and we'd get drunk together. He was always very supportive. He was a big star and a lot of what he said to me had power and impact. Apart from that, I just like him. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#apart #big #big star #bing #drunk

In writing, I search for believability, simplicity and emotional impact. ↗

— Hal David

#i #impact #search #simplicity #writing

I do a little fact checking now and then. Other than that its impact is simply that email has revolutionized communication for me, and my website has built up a community of readers, which is a lot of fun. ↗

— Lee Child

#checking #communication #community #email #fact

As an African American actress, there are people who have been staples in my life that opened a door that I can walk through. I hope that I can have that impact. ↗

— Monique Coleman

#african #african american #american #been #door