#port

The Middle East is ailing. The malady stems from pervasive violence, shortages of food, water and educational opportunities, discrimination against women and - the most virulent cause of all - the absence of freedom. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#against #cause #discrimination #east #educational

What should be the future of Israel? Is the land the most important choice, and for that reason to keep the whole of the land at any cost, or to have a partition and build the Jewish state on part of the land? And the other part? ↗

— Shimon Peres

#build #choice #cost #future #important

These were big ones. Those companies would then go in and build an electrical system or ports or highways, and these would basically serve just a few of the very wealthiest families in those countries. ↗

— John Perkins

#big #big ones #build #companies #countries

They wanted me to play more sports because they were acutely sensitive to their children being one hundred percent American, and they believed that all Americans played sports and loved sports. ↗

— Martin Lewis Perl

#all americans #american #because #being #believed

Acting is real important to me. I love it, and it's something I care about. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#acting #care #i #i care #i love

There are kids who get on a BMX bike when they're eight years old and they go, 'Whoa, this is incredible,' and grow up to do extreme sports. It's the same for me with acting. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#bike #eight #extreme #extreme sports #get

This means that no single logic is strong enough to support the total construction of human knowledge. ↗

— Jean Piaget

#enough #human #human knowledge #knowledge #logic

I have always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#believed #failure #i #important #lead

I've always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#believed #failure #i #important #lead

It's important to understand that oil and renewables do different things. Wind and solar are for power generation, so they don't replace oil. About 70% of all oil produced is used for transportation fuel. Renewables are good projects, but they don't get us off of foreign oil. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#different #different things #foreign #foreign oil #fuel