#select

I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#i #never #nobel #select #surprised

Evolution thus is merely contingent on certain processes articulated by Darwin: variation and selection. ↗

— Ernst Mayr

#certain #contingent #darwin #evolution #merely

As Mayor, I will fully support my Arts Commission and its professional selection committees so that they can commission a full range of public art that is daring and, when appropriate, daringly traditional. ↗

— Gavin Newsom

#art #arts #commission #committees #daring

Selecting the right person for the right job is the largest part of coaching. ↗

— Phil Crosby

#job #largest #part #person #right

He has selected from a group of overwhelming candidates. This candidate was nominated to the Supreme Court because of his extremely overwhelming qualifications. ↗

— Rod Parsley

#candidate #candidates #court #extremely #group

The progress in Iraq is still fragile. And it could still be reversed. Iraq still faces innumerable challenges, and they will be evident during what will likely be a difficult process as the newly elected Council of Representatives selects the next prime minister, president, and speaker of the council. ↗

— David Petraeus

#could #council #difficult #during #elected

Why do people believe that there are dangerous implications of the idea that the mind is a product of the brain, that the brain is organized in part by the genome, and that the genome was shaped by natural selection? ↗

— Steven Pinker

#brain #dangerous #genome #idea #implications

To have been selected to represent Team South Africa at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the individual 400m and the 4x400m relay is a real honor and I am so pleased that years of hard work, determination and sacrifice have all come together. ↗

— Oscar Pistorius

#am #been #come #determination #games

I am honored to be selected as the 2012 Miss Golden Globe. It's very exciting to be a part of an awards show like the Golden Globes so early on in my career. ↗

— Rainey Qualley

#awards #career #early #exciting #globe

I'm pretty selective. I generally edit the contact sheets and then do work prints. Because I have my own lab and printers, I can afford the luxury of going through the contact sheets for black-and-white, making up work prints, seeing them big, and honing them down. ↗

— Herb Ritts

#because #big #black-and-white #contact #down