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Each department and institution has its own authorities and responsibilities, and they act on that basis. It is wrong to even compare such actions to what is done in Guantanamo or elsewhere by the Americans. They do not stand on a high moral platform to preach to others. ↗

— Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

#actions #authorities #basis #compare #department

Goodwill can be indicated in various ways. I raised that particular example because at that time I was in charge. Today, I'm not in a position to present other possibilities. ↗

— Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

#charge #example #goodwill #i #indicated

The President's announcement sounded less like a national energy plan than like a page from an election-year play book. This Administration's plan to reduce obscene oil company profits is to regulate them less. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#announcement #book #company #energy #energy plan

Wilderness is not defined by the absence of certain activities, but rather by the presence of certain unique and invaluable characteristics. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#activities #certain #characteristics #defined #invaluable

What Christ gives us is quite explicit if his own words are interpreted according to their Aramaic meaning. The expression 'This is my Body' means this is myself. ↗

— Karl Rahner

#body #christ #explicit #expression #gives

When you go to auditions, pretend you already have the job and you're just presenting - almost like you're at the table read. Don't go in with an air of, 'Please like me,' or, 'Please hire me.' You're like, 'Here's my take on it. Take it or leave it. I've got a lot of other things to do today.' ↗

— Mary Lynn Rajskub

#almost #already #auditions #go #got

Being Captain of the Dodgers meant representing an organization committed to winning and trying to keep it going. We could have won every year if the breaks had gone right. ↗

— Pee Wee Reese

#breaks #captain #committed #could #dodgers

I did my first apprenticeship when I was 15, then joined the union when I was 17. I worked every summer in high school and college. ↗

— Christopher Reeve

#college #did #every #first #high

I never said I will stand, I said I hoped to stand. It wasn't a prediction. ↗

— Christopher Reeve

#i #never #prediction #said #stand

Kissing someone is pretty intimate, actually very intimate, and your heart always kind of skips a beat before you do that. ↗

— Keanu Reeves

#always #beat #before #heart #intimate