#sf

The people in East Germany have lived through so many changes in the last 15 years like never before in the country, and they did this often with great enthusiasm. But in the West we also have a high degree of transformations. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#before #changes #country #degree #did

I'm surprised that I've survived my own dysfunction, really. ↗

— George Michael

#i #my own #own #really #surprised

I don't know if I would qualify as mainstream. I think I have managed to function pretty successfully on the fringes of the music world and have been able to play exactly what I have wanted the way I have wanted. ↗

— Pat Metheny

#been #exactly #fringes #function #i

Other countries, such as Israel, successfully employ behavior detection techniques at their airports, but the bloated, ineffective bureaucracy of TSA has produced another security failure for U.S. transportation systems. ↗

— John Mica

#behavior #bloated #bureaucracy #countries #detection

The fact I had my father as an adversary was such a powerful tool to work with. I subconsciously fought him to the degree that I drove me to be one of the most successful musician in the world. ↗

— George Michael

#degree #drove #fact #father #fought

The intrusions of the white race and the non- compliance with treaty obligations have been followed by atrocities that could alone satisfy a savage and revengeful spirit. ↗

— Nelson A. Miles

#atrocities #been #compliance #could #followed

Successful economies in the modern world are not sheepish about the power and responsibility of the state. ↗

— David Miliband

#economies #modern #modern world #power #responsibility

The qualities of an exceptional cook are akin to those of a successful tightrope walker: an abiding passion for the task, courage to go out on a limb and an impeccable sense of balance. ↗

— Bryan Miller

#balance #cook #courage #exceptional #go

But I'm not trying to convince anybody how to vote or how to live. Nobody's ever successfully accused me of being realistic. ↗

— Frank Miller

#anybody #being #convince #ever #how

What is good for Alaska is good for the country. Transferring power from the federal government to the states provides opportunity to all states, not just Alaska. ↗

— Joe Miller

#country #federal #federal government #good #government