#rei

There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherein he that cannot read A, B, C may read our natures. ↗

— Thomas Browne

#carry #certain #characters #faces #may

U.S. companies rely on the European market for more than half of their global foreign profits. ↗

— John Bruton

#european #foreign #global #half #market

War on terrorism defines the central preoccupation of the United States in the world today, and it does reflect in my view a rather narrow and extremist vision of foreign policy of the world's first superpower, of a great democracy, with genuinely idealistic traditions. ↗

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

#defines #democracy #does #extremist #first

So here is one of my theories on happiness: we cannot know if we have lived a truly happy life until the very end. This view of life and death was reinforced by my close witnessing of the buildup to the death of Philip Gould. Philip was without doubt my closest friend in politics. When he died, I felt like I had lost a limb. ↗

— Alastair Campbell

#close #closest #closest friend #death #died

You have to keep your sanity as well as know how to distance yourself from it while still holding onto the reins tightly. That is a very difficult thing to do, but I'm learning. ↗

— Diahann Carroll

#difficult #difficult thing #distance #holding #how

The condition every art requires is, not so much freedom from restriction, as freedom from adulteration and from the intrusion of foreign matter. ↗

— Willa Cather

#condition #every #foreign #freedom #freedom from

We've passed an energy bill in the House, to help us be less reliant upon foreign oil so we can get gas prices down. But nothing happens in the Senate. ↗

— Steve Chabot

#down #energy #energy bill #foreign #foreign oil

The free world is really helping Lebanon restore its sovereignty. I imagine there is quite a bit of pressure on Syria to leave. I hope they leave in a peaceful way. ↗

— Camille Chamoun

#free #free world #helping #hope #i

I love acting because it's a bit of an escape. It gives you the ability to reinvent yourself. They say that acting is the shy man's revenge. ↗

— Hayden Christensen

#acting #because #bit #escape #gives

If U.S. foreign policy results in massive death and destruction abroad, we cannot feign innocence when some of that destruction is returned. ↗

— Ward Churchill

#cannot #death #destruction #feign #foreign