#per

We are not directly involved in Syria. But we will be working with our partners in the European Union and at the United Nations to see if we can persuade the Syrian authorities to go, as I say, more in that direction of respect for democracy and human rights. ↗

— William Hague

#democracy #direction #directly #european #european union

The wood nymph instructors left me in the dust. They told me not to worry about it. They'd had centuries of practice running away from lovesick gods. But still, it was a little humiliating to be slower than a tree. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#worry

A durable, long-term U.S.-China strategic relationship is even more important now than in previous decades. The relationship will continue to grow and prosper to the mutual benefit of all peoples. ↗

— Alexander Haig

#continue #decades #durable #even #grow

We now have a political process, we've had a period of parties that have been fighting each other quite literally with bombs and bullets, talking to each other, and having sat together in the assembly and sharing government with each other. ↗

— Peter Hain

#been #bombs #bullets #each #fighting

I don't think an opera house is ever a place that can make you entirely happy. ↗

— Bernard Haitink

#ever #happy #house #i #make

I have never yet met a healthy person who worried very much about his health, or a really good person who worried much about his own soul. ↗

— John B. S. Haldane

#good #good person #health #healthy #healthy person

On a personal level, we all get along fine. ↗

— Alex Van Halen

#fine #get #level #personal #personal level

Whatever our personal differences are, there are no bigger fans of this band than the people who are in this band. ↗

— Alex Van Halen

#bigger #differences #fans #our #people

A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your instrument. I'm very brutal on my instruments, but not all the time. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#connected #emotionally #extension #guitar #i

Before the operation on my left hand I wasn't able to stretch my fingers open all the way. I've never had very big hands, but I could do the splits with them. Eventually I couldn't any more. I had a twisted tendon in my little finger that prevented me from being able to stretch. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#any #before #being #big #could