#port

The Germans have done wonderful work. Not long ago, a German battle group battalion conducted a very impressive counterinsurgency operation in a portion of Baghlan province. I think these are the first counterinsurgency operations conducted by any German element after World War II. And they did a very impressive job. ↗

— David Petraeus

#ago #any #battalion #battle #conducted

To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds. ↗

— Petrarch

#almost #begin #bounds #concerning #differ

Canada has always been a strong supporter of China's accession to the WTO... We look forward to playing a constructive role in helping complete China's accession. ↗

— Pierre Pettigrew

#always #been #canada #china #complete

I think there are readers out there and I don't think the book is dead. And more importantly I don't think readers have to choose between literary and commercial fiction. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#book #choose #commercial #dead #fiction

Last year, I finally got my own grand piano, and that was a big thing for me because it's always been and always will be a very important part of my life. ↗

— David Hyde Pierce

#because #been #big #big thing #finally

It would be much easier to just make black, brown and beige clothes. But I do not see the world in black and white and beige. I find colors incredibly important. ↗

— Jean Pigozzi

#black and white #brown #clothes #colors #easier

Identity in the form of continuity of personality is an extremely important characteristic of the individual. ↗

— Kenneth L. Pike

#continuity #extremely #form #identity #important

It's something that I am going over in my head about the whole video game thing, and whether you support violence by being in a film like this. I mean, to me, it's incredibly unreal and it's all about the action, and just explosions. ↗

— Rosamund Pike

#action #am #being #explosions #film

My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#class #colonial #father #important #man

Today, Academies of Science use their influence around the world in support of human rights. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#around #human #human rights #influence #rights