#resent

Very hard, very hard to represent a country, or carry out a policy that does not have consensus support. ↗

— John Negroponte

#consensus #country #does #hard #out

Before we move forward with new efforts to lower the barriers to international free trade, we must review the consequences of the policies of the past and address the problems of the present. ↗

— Bob Ney

#barriers #before #consequences #efforts #forward

At this present time, matter is still the best way to think of architecture, but I'm not so sure for very long. The computer is radicalizing the way we think about our world. ↗

— Ben Nicholson

#architecture #best #best way #computer #i

Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac. ↗

— George Orwell

#against #before #comes #every #homicidal

I take what I see work. I'm a strict believer in the scientific principle of believing nothing, only taking the best evidence available at the present time, interpreting it as best you can, and leaving your mind open to the fact that new evidence will appear tomorrow. ↗

— Adam Osborne

#available #believer #believing #best #evidence

Dad was just an emotional wreck. He was drinking a lot of the time, he was smoking a lot of pot. And because he takes certain medications, the drinking was making him... you know, he wasn't even present, really. ↗

— Jack Osbourne

#certain #dad #drinking #emotional #even

An apology for the actions of some troops who, of course, are not representative of the majority of the armed forces here, I think that would have been useful and it would have helped to some extent. ↗

— Adnan Pachachi

#apology #armed #armed forces #been #course

I thank all of those deputies who supported the government and gave it a vote of confidence. I believe each of those votes represents a responsible decision to avoid placing our country's membership of the eurozone in danger. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#believe #confidence #country #danger #decision

I wouldn't say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity. ↗

— Bette Midler

#definitely #high #i #invented #popularity

Baseball represents family. It represents my childhood. ↗

— Alyssa Milano

#childhood #family #represents