#stance

I think that there's a liberal element out there that finds me not acceptable. They don't like my stance on a lot of issues because I am conservative. ↗

— Jan Brewer

#am #because #conservative #element #finds

Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by the sword, they were surrounded with a hoop of metal. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

#covered #cut #generally #hoop #leather

You increase muscle bulk by training against resistance. For example, weights. And in ballet, this isn't the case. ↗

— Deborah Bull

#ballet #bulk #case #example #for example

For people on social assistance, the loss of free dental care, prescription drugs and subsidized housing can greatly outweigh additional income from working. We've all heard the stories. ↗

— Kim Campbell

#assistance #care #dental #free #greatly

The civilizing process has increased the distance between behavior and the impulse life of the animal body. ↗

— Shoshana Zuboff

#behavior #between #body #civilizing #distance

Another example of that was that even during the economic problems of the 1945 government, we managed to carry out other aspects of our policy and other ideals. Through the establishment of national parks, for instance. ↗

— Barbara Castle

#aspects #carry #during #economic #economic problems

Angels are not complete, they need their counterparts, the dark needs the bright, the hidden needs the open, and vice versa. Sometimes they meet and recognise each other. Sometimes, as with Horatio and me, the pairing occurs over spaces of time and distance. ↗

— Barry Unsworth

#bright #complete #counterparts #dark #distance

There is something universal in the theme of a man trying to save his family in the midst of the most terrible circumstances. It is not limited to Sierra Leone. This story could apply to any number of places where ordinary people have been caught up in political events beyond their control. ↗

— Edward Zwick

#apply #been #beyond #caught #circumstances

Commerce flourishes by circumstances, precarious, transitory, contingent, almost as the winds and waves that bring it to our shores. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#bring #circumstances #commerce #contingent #flourishes

As I live and am a man, this is an unexaggerated tale - my dreams become the substances of my life. ↗

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#become #dreams #i #life #live