#stance

So the proposition that the ideal parents for any child are its biological parents is a statement with which we can all agree in the generality, but which does not apply, for one reason or another, in many particular circumstances. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

#another #any #apply #biological #child

This is really high on the priority list of tribal concerns. This is a cash cow in many circumstances, and tribes are concerned about protection of tribal assets. ↗

— Jack Abramoff

#assets #cash #circumstances #concerned #concerns

Circumstances do not determine a man, they reveal him. ↗

— James Lane Allen

#determine #him #man #reveal

Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta. ↗

— Brian Aldiss

#civilization #distance #himself #his #man

The substance of painting is light. ↗

— Andre Derain

#painting #substance

We have more difficult circumstances than most of the Arab countries but in spite of that Syria is stable. Why? Because you have to be very closely linked to the beliefs of the people. This is the core issue. ↗

— Bashar al-Assad

#arab countries #because #beliefs #circumstances #closely

Fortuitous circumstances constitute the moulds that shape the majority of human lives, and the hasty impress of an accident is too often regarded as the relentless decree of all ordaining fate. ↗

— Olympia Brown

#circumstances #constitute #decree #fate #fortuitous

I was once asked to do my Tarzan yell at Bergdorf Goodman, and a guard burst in with a gun! Now I only do it under controlled circumstances. ↗

— Carol Burnett

#burst #circumstances #controlled #goodman #guard

I come from Montana, and in eastern Montana we have a lot of dirt between light bulbs. It is expensive trying to bring the new technologies to smaller schools to upgrade their technologies to take advantage of distance learning. ↗

— Conrad Burns

#between #bring #bulbs #come #dirt

Increased funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program is a priority for the Bush Administration, and I am pleased that many families in North Carolina will benefit from this increase. ↗

— Richard Burr

#am #assistance #benefit #bush #bush administration