#proved

The journey from teaching about love to allowing myself to be loved proved much longer than I realised. ↗

— Henri Nouwen

#allowing #i #journey #longer #love

It is true that the politician, in his professional character, does not always, or even very often, conform to the most approved pattern of private conduct. ↗

— Frederick Scott Oliver

#approved #character #conduct #conform #does

Things improved a little bit in the '80s; there was kind of a revival of alternative comics, but then they went downhill in the '90s. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

#bit #comics #downhill #improved #kind

Interestingly, the American Embassy mentioned that our efficient relief effort has significantly improved the image of the United States among the Pakistani people. ↗

— Jon Porter

#among #efficient #effort #embassy #image

Practically the only way to dry the swamp of radical Islam is through economic development and an improved standard of living. ↗

— Yitzhak Rabin

#dry #economic #economic development #improved #islam

The experience of learning how to get straight to the core of a problem proved to be of immense value later when I had a long succession of responsibilities in large, complex government departments. ↗

— Elliot Richardson

#core #departments #experience #get #government

I don't know anyone at the highest levels who approved Abu Ghraib. If President Barack Obama for a moment thought that somebody at a high level had approved it, he would go after them. ↗

— Peter King

#after #anyone #approved #barack #barack obama

I was able to do Classics, the U.S. national championships and the Pan American Games and feel like I improved with each meet, but I was still struggling with a lot of residual pain from the two surgeries. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#american #championships #classics #each #feel

The team did a superb pitstop. We had steadily improved. ↗

— John Surtees

#had #improved #steadily #superb #team

If Poindexter made a comment to me like that, it would have been in the context of once the authorized program is approved there would be no point in having any of these private benefactors any longer. ↗

— Robert M. Gates

#approved #authorized #been #benefactors #comment