#rote

Here's a news flash: No soldier gives his life. That's not the way it works. Most soldiers who make a conscious decision to place themselves in harm's way do it to protect their buddies. They do it because of the bonds of friendship - and it goes so much deeper than friendship. ↗

— Eric Massa

#bonds #buddies #conscious #conscious decision #decision

Our Great Lakes, harbors, ports, and rivers provide not only vital resources for us to live, but an entire maritime way of life for so many people. The least we can do is protect it, and the way of life it provides for so many. ↗

— Candice S. Miller

#great #great lakes #harbors #lakes #least

I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle. ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

#belonging #demanded #few #freedom #i

We of Africa protest that, in this day and age, we should continue to be treated as lesser human beings than other races. ↗

— Robert Mugabe

#age #beings #continue #day #human

The word 'geek' today does not mean what it used to mean. A geek isn't the skinny kid with a pocket protector and acne. There can be computer geeks, video game geeks, car geeks, military geeks, and sports geeks. Being a geek just means that you're passionate about something. ↗

— Olivia Munn

#acne #being #car #computer #does

The last thing the Department of Homeland Security is about is infringing on anybody's constitutionally protected rights. ↗

— Janet Napolitano

#anybody #constitutionally #department #homeland #homeland security

For the first time federal, state and local bureaus of investigation are coordinating their effort, to serve as eyes and ears and protect us against further attacks. ↗

— George Pataki

#attacks #bureaus #coordinating #ears #effort

If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn't concern the central issues, it wouldn't be worth publishing. ↗

— Alan Paton

#central #concern #issues #novel #publishing

My old English buddy, John Rackham, wrote and told me what made science fiction different from all other kinds of literature - science fiction is written according to the science fiction method. ↗

— Frederik Pohl

#buddy #different #english #fiction #john

Corn is an efficient way to get energy calories off the land and soybeans are an efficient way of getting protein off the land, so we've designed a food system that produces a lot of cheap corn and soybeans resulting in a lot of cheap fast food. ↗

— Michael Pollan

#cheap #corn #designed #efficient #efficient way