#since

The human rights record within China seems to rise and fall over time, but it's very clear that in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and since then, there's been a greater intolerance of dissent and the human rights record of China has been going in the wrong direction. ↗

— Gary Locke

#beijing #china #clear #direction #dissent

We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations. ↗

— Gary Locke

#china #come #diplomatic #diplomatic relations #first

If that for which the Spanish Empire has stood since the days of Charles V is right, then everything for which the United States stands and has always stood is wrong. ↗

— Henry Cabot Lodge

#charles #days #empire #everything #right

I concentrate on exercises from the waist down, since that is the laziest part of a woman's body. ↗

— Tina Louise

#body #concentrate #down #exercises #i

I had done plays in high school. It was something I always wanted to do since I was little. I was a drama major at UC-Irvine. ↗

— Jon Lovitz

#done #drama #had #high #high school

I find it inconceivable that we're meeting for five and a half days, and there isn't one moment on the agenda to deal with the greatest crisis we've ever had in the church since 1789. ↗

— Roger Mahony

#church #crisis #days #deal #ever

They are imaginary characters. But perhaps not solely the products of my imagination, since there are some aspects of the characters that relate to my own experience of a wide variety of people. ↗

— Margaret Mahy

#characters #experience #imaginary #imaginary characters #imagination

I've been alienating my public since I was 20 years old. ↗

— David Mamet

#i #old #public #since #years

It's been so long since I was in a real fight. ↗

— Method Man

#fight #i #long #real #since

Since September 11, 2001, the powerful coalition of nations, led by the United States, has seen many successes against al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups. It is imperative that we remain united and steadfast in the quest to defeat terrorism around the world. ↗

— Kenny Marchant

#al-qaeda #around #coalition #defeat #groups