#pick

NATO believes it can pick on a small nation and force us to surrender our independence. And that is where NATO miscalculated. You are not willing to sacrifice lives to achieve our surrender. But we are willing to die to defend our rights as an independent sovereign nation. ↗

— Slobodan Milosevic

#believes #defend #die #force #independence

I regarded drugs as somewhat like rattlesnakes - it's possible to pick one up without getting bit, but why bother? ↗

— Elizabeth Moon

#bother #getting #i #like #pick

Governor Scott Walker didn't know who he was messing with when he picked a fight with the hard-working union folks of Wisconsin. He must have forgotten that Wisconsin is the Badger State. And badgers are scrappy little creatures. We may look cute, warm and fuzzy, but we have a fighting spirit. ↗

— Gwen Moore

#creatures #cute #fight #fighting #folks

When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. ↗

— John Muir

#anything #else #everything #find #hitched

My mother would give my brothers and me a pile of catalogues and let us pick what we wanted for Christmas. ↗

— Kary Mullis

#catalogues #christmas #give #let us #me

I'm very picky, and I'm never 100% happy with the work I do; I hate watching myself and hearing my voice. ↗

— Samantha Mumba

#hate #hearing #i #i do #myself

I have about 50 guitars around the house. I can't take more than a few steps without finding one to pick up. ↗

— Bill Mumy

#around #few #finding #guitars #house

Team sports aren't my thing. I find it easier to pick something up if I can do it at my own speed. And you don't need a partner to go running, you don't need a particular place, like in tennis, just a pair of trainers. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#find #go #i #i can #just

I always figure I have this tree and there's always some green fruit that's not ready to pick or blossoms that are ready to flower; there are always some ready to drop off too. ↗

— Graeme Murphy

#blossoms #drop #figure #flower #fruit

I'm in the position to pick the cream of the crop. ↗

— Graeme Murphy

#crop #i #pick #position