#state

Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then. ↗

— John Wooden

#admirers #adversity #becomes #being #easily

Yes, the United States is still the great meritocracy it's always been; but now, if you aren't brilliant or beautiful or both, there isn't much to do, because they can do it cheaper in Shanghai or Mumbai. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#beautiful #because #been #both #brilliant

Israel, as the Jewish state, must disappear from the map. ↗

— Ahmed Yassin

#israel #jewish #jewish state #map #must

We are well aware from which countries and through which countries the terrorists are receiving support. In the immediate future I shall be calling upon the leaders of these states to put a stop to this kind of activity. ↗

— Boris Yeltsin

#aware #calling #countries #future #i

The problem I have with making an intelligent statement is that some people then think it's not an isolated occurrence. ↗

— Simon Travaglia

#intelligent #isolated #making #occurrence #people

We need to recognise that the whole edifice of our fifth estate, of our journalism, has been built on a foundation of newspaper journalism and that that foundation is crumbling. The management of the media companies will deny that the end is nigh. I hope they are right. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

#built #companies #crumbling #deny #edifice

The United States has got some of the dumbest people in the world. I want you to know that we know that. ↗

— Ted Turner

#got #i #i want you #know #people

It was the biggest inflation and the most sustained inflation that the United States had ever had. ↗

— Paul A. Volcker

#ever #had #inflation #most #states

Not that I want the current president killed. I will, for the record and for the FBI agent assigned to read this and make sure I mean no harm, clearly state that while I am obsessed with death, I am against it. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#agent #am #assigned #clearly #current

There is a series of sectors which could be severely disrupted by terrorist attacks, particularly if they were to happen in several member states simultaneously. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#could #disrupted #happen #member #member states