#position

There's nothing to be said for opposition. You can only talk about things and you can lay your plans. You can't actually achieve very much; you have to be in government for that. ↗

— Andrew Mitchell

#achieve #actually #government #lay #much

America is in a runaway-train position and dragging all the world with it. It's grotesquely mentally ill. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#dragging #ill #mentally #position #world

My father taught me to paint when I was young with watercolors and so I learned at a very young age the essential elements of the value of light and composition. ↗

— Matthew Modine

#composition #elements #essential #essential elements #father

I'm in this position where I can afford to wait, I'm lucky enough to be financially secure to not have to do anything that's thrown at me. You know the next couple of jobs are going to be pretty crucial in terms of how you're perceived by people. So I'm just waiting. ↗

— Dominic Monaghan

#anything #couple #crucial #enough #financially

Because of my own experience with market fluctuation, I recognize the great risks one takes on investments. This converts the Social Security safety net into a risky proposition many cannot afford to take. ↗

— Grace Napolitano

#because #cannot #converts #experience #fluctuation

And by the way, a piece of news, Israel is the one country in which everyone is pro-American, opposition and coalition alike. And I represent the entire people of Israel who say, 'Thank you, America.'' And we're friends of America, and we're the only reliable allies of America in the Middle East. ↗

— Benjamin Netanyahu

#allies #america #coalition #country #east

But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in a position to win. ↗

— Jack Nicklaus

#had #i #myself #played #position

If your basic premise about the fundamental purpose of our government is that it must provide for the common defense, then no other position is possible. ↗

— Don Nickles

#basic #common #defense #fundamental #fundamental purpose

On one hand, to be able to go from one direction in the sky to study such an object to another direction to study another object, and on the other hand to be able to maintain accurately the position in space. ↗

— Claude Nicollier

#accurately #another #direction #go #hand

Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones, but by contrary extreme positions. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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