#stance

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#defects #distance #qualities #range #sees

Leaving Iraq without military assistance during its transition, and before it is stable enough to ensure its own citizens' security, would pose a tremendous risk. We must complete our mission. ↗

— Doc Hastings

#before #citizens #complete #during #enough

The next day I was put on paid leave from my new job at Louisiana State University. This is very painful to me, though once again I understand the circumstances in which my employers find themselves in light of these actions taken against me. ↗

— Steven Hatfill

#again #against #circumstances #day #employers

I think it's important for one to take a certain distance from oneself. ↗

— Vaclav Havel

#distance #i #i think #important #oneself

I'm just looking for the best story being told by the best people and the best part that I can find. If those things add up, I want to be a part of it whether it's a studio film or, more likely in that instance, an independent film. ↗

— John Hawkes

#being #best #best part #film #find

The credit which the apparent conformity with recognized scientific standards can gain for seemingly simple but false theories may, as the present instance shows, have grave consequences. ↗

— Friedrich August von Hayek

#conformity #consequences #credit #false #gain

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#bury #carcass #friends #friendship #gone

We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence in themselves, but merely from some circumstance that flatters our self-love. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#circumstance #excellence #flatters #friend #merely

Through the harsh design of fate, Florida was dealt the unfortunate circumstances of bearing the brunt of not one but two hurricanes, and it appears more dark clouds are poised to visit the Sunshine State. ↗

— Ginny B. Waite

#bearing #brunt #circumstances #clouds #dark

There is no filmmaking legislation because distributors are not interested in sharing their money with the film industry - for instance, by giving a percentage of ticket sales back to filmmakers. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#because #distributors #film #film industry #filmmakers