#stern

I think clearly the United States, as well as other western nations, should stand by their commitments to human rights and democracy and should try to influence other countries to move in that direction. ↗

— Samuel P. Huntington

#commitments #countries #democracy #direction #human

You can be stern and forthright, and that's my management style, but when you lose it totally, that's a sign of weakness. ↗

— Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#lose #management #sign #stern #style

Sebastian just smiled. “I could hear your heart beating,” he said softly. “When you were watching me with Valentine. Did it bother you?” “That you seem to be dating my dad?” Jace shrugged. "You’re a little young for him, to be honest.” “What?” For the first time since Jace had met him, Sebastian seemed flabbergasted. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jace-wayland #realization #sarcasm #sebastian #valentine-morgenstern

Be gentle to all and stern with yourself. ↗

— Saint Teresa of Avila

#gentle #stern #yourself

I could never do a show, or be a personality like Howard Stern, where you take all that heat from critics. What he does, he does, but the critical heat would crucify me. ↗

— Chuck Barris

#critical #critics #crucify #does #heat

Eugene is located in western Oregon, approximately 278 billion miles from anything. ↗

— Dave Barry

#approximately #billion #located #miles #oregon

Western countries in particular can today no longer be separated from Muslim societies, because they have them within themselves. They are themselves internally globalized. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#countries #globalized #internally #longer #muslim

I'd watch my father get up at 5 o'clock and go down to the Eastern Market in Detroit to do the shopping for his restaurant, and get that business going and then go out on his vending machine business. ↗

— Ed Bradley

#clock #detroit #down #eastern #father

It is time to end the western policy of malign neglect. It is in the interest of the whole world to help tackle the actual grievances in Palestine, Kashmir, and in central and southern Iraq, and to help the region out of its economic backwardness. ↗

— James Buchan

#central #economic #end #grievances #help

I am a Westerner of Westerners! ↗

— Taylor Caldwell

#i #i am #westerner #westerners