#stan

I understand the process of politics and the game of television. ↗

— John Sununu

#i #politics #process #television #understand

Pentagon dollars are essentially seen as a different kind of funding that doesn't have to stand for itself and make an argument for itself in the house of Congress. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#congress #different #different kind #dollars #essentially

What becomes of a man who acquires a beautiful woman, with her "beauty" his sole target? He sabotages himself. He has gained no friend, no ally, no mutual trust: She knows quite well why she has been chosen. He has succeeded in buying something: the esteem of other men who find such an acquisition impressive. ↗

— Naomi Wolf

#beauty #body-image #cosmetic-surgery #cosmetics #culture

But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#democracy #improved #means #perfection #state

When I wear the national team shirt, its sole contact with my skin makes it stand on an end. ↗

— Diego Maradona

#end #i #makes #national #national team

Last year I traveled to the Middle East to visit with troops in Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan. ↗

— Kenny Marchant

#east #i #iraq #kuwait #last

To understand a difficult topic like Iraq takes patience and care. Unfortunately, you rarely hear a patient, careful or thoughtful discussion of intelligence these days. ↗

— George Tenet

#careful #days #difficult #discussion #hear

Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for - because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything. ↗

— Peter Marshall

#because #clear #clear vision #fall #give

But I am Armenian and I understand what it is to lose a country and lose a family and have massacres and genocides and everything against my people. ↗

— Andrea Martin

#am #armenian #country #everything #family

When the dictators and the opportunists are gone, the cross will still stand before us and something in us will say, 'That is the real thing.' ↗

— Ralph W. Sockman

#cross #dictators #gone #real #real thing