#recent

I argued that the Bush administration, and the Coalition officials more recently, didn't understand Iraqi society. They thought it was a blank slate, that they could use Iraqis as guinea pigs. ↗

— Juan Cole

#argued #blank #blank slate #bush #bush administration

At a party recently I was introduced to Meryl Streep, and it took me a second to get my head around it. You know, that I'm meeting these people now. I'm doing it. ↗

— Lily Collins

#doing #get #head #i #introduced

We Hoosiers hold to some quaint notions. Some might say we 'cling' to them, though not out of fear or ignorance. We believe in paying our bills. We have kept our state in the black throughout the recent unpleasantness, while cutting rather than raising taxes, by practicing an old tribal ritual - we spend less money than we take in. ↗

— Mitch Daniels

#bills #black #cling #cutting #fear

As the archaeology of our thought easily shows, man is an invention of recent date. And one perhaps nearing its end. ↗

— Michel Foucault

#date #easily #end #invention #man

I was with some Vietnamese recently, and some of them were smoking two cigarettes at the same time. That's the kind of customers we need! ↗

— Jesse Helms

#customers #i #kind #need #recently

The fact that the price of gasoline has declined some in recent weeks must not allow Americans to be lulled into a false sense of security. Energy independence must rank along with border security as the top priorities of the United States. ↗

— Virgil Goode

#along #border #border security #declined #energy

The civil unrest of recent days must come to an end, and the healing process must begin for the future of the community. We will provide assistance both in ending the violence and enabling the healing process in Benton Harbor. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#begin #both #civil #come #community

From a consideration of the immense volume of newly discovered facts in the field of physics, especially atomic physics, in recent years it might well appear to the layman that the main problems were already solved and that only more detailed work was necessary. ↗

— Victor Francis Hess

#appear #atomic #consideration #detailed #discovered

I have never wanted to be a politician, and I never had the desire until recently. ↗

— Doug Hoffman

#had #i #never #politician #recently

During the last regular session and the most recent special session, measures that I see as little more than Band-Aids were applied to three health programs in the state. ↗

— Jane D. Hull

#during #health #i #i see #last