#rio

China should be developing through the various foreign investments it receives. I hope for its level-headed and rational understanding that anything to discourage that is a disservice to itself. ↗

— Yoshihiko Noda

#china #developing #discourage #disservice #foreign

I think it is not necessary at this time to put forth a grand vision such as an East Asian Community. What we must do before that is create scenarios for Japan's response in case of a serious territorial incident. ↗

— Yoshihiko Noda

#before #case #community #create #east

For me, Batman is the one that can most clearly be taken seriously. He's not from another planet, or filled with radioactive gunk. I mean, Superman is essentially a god, but Batman is more like Hercules: he's a human being, very flawed, and bridges the divide. ↗

— Christopher Nolan

#batman #being #bridges #clearly #divide

The one thing I have learned as a CEO is that leadership at various levels is vastly different. When I was leading a function or a business, there were certain demands and requirements to be a leader. As you move up the organization, the requirements for leading that organization don't grow vertically; they grow exponentially. ↗

— Indra Nooyi

#ceo #certain #demands #different #exponentially

Obviously it's my second senior event, and I'm tired obviously coming back from the British Open, from surgery, which was priority No. 1, did that successfully, and each week since the British Open I've felt in pretty good control of my golf game. ↗

— Greg Norman

#british #british open #coming #control #did

We were learning together. We'd go to various clinics and try to learn as much as possible. ↗

— Tom Conway

#go #learn #learning #much #possible

We plan to pick up another five seats in the Senate and hold the House through redistricting through 2012. And rather than negotiate with the teachers' unions and the trial lawyers and the various leftist interest groups, we intend to break them. ↗

— Grover Norquist

#break #five #groups #hold #house

The period western doesn't have a lot to say to most people today. ↗

— Edward Norton

#most #people #period #say #today

The National Security Council's real role is to coordinate the various activities of the government of the United States in the furtherance of American foreign policy. ↗

— Oliver North

#american #american foreign policy #coordinate #council #foreign

We do have serious energy needs for the country, we are aware that natural gas is especially in demand because of its air quality benefits: 90 percent of new power plants have been natural gas-powered. ↗

— Gale Norton

#aware #because #been #benefits #country