#taken

As the President has indicated, my life has been a life of travel - for 60 years constantly moving over the wide world on journeys which first and last have taken me to 83 countries, and, what is more significant, to most of them again and again. ↗

— John Raleigh Mott

#been #constantly #countries #first #indicated

I'll never be mistaken for Pat Boone. ↗

— Sal Mineo

#i #mistaken #never #pat

When I became the chair of the British Film Institute, I didn't understand how much of my time would be taken up with trying to make a case for the British Film Institute: what it's for, why it exists, why it needs its money. ↗

— Anthony Minghella

#british #case #chair #exists #film

It has been popular to threaten "small islands and low-lying coasts" with scenarios of disastrous future flooding. The Maldives has been the most utilised target. We have undertaken a careful analysis of actual sea level changes in the Maldives. No rise has been recorded either in the present or the past centuries. ↗

— Nils-Axel Morner

#analysis #been #careful #centuries #changes

I don't think Hollywood per se is supposed to be taken seriously, otherwise, dear Lord, that would be frightening. ↗

— Brittany Murphy

#frightening #hollywood #i #lord #otherwise

I do believe at the end of the night when you're with your family, the character gets hung up on the door like a coat, and is there to be taken on the next morning. ↗

— Liam Neeson

#character #coat #door #end #family

There was the situation in Nicaragua where the Sandinistas had taken over a couple of years earlier. There was a civil war going on in El Salvador and there was a similar situation in Guatemala. So Honduras was in a rather precarious geographic position indeed. ↗

— John Negroponte

#civil war #couple #earlier #el salvador #geographic

The weekend brought good news for our friends in the cattle industry. At long last, Japan has taken the steps needed for American beef to make its way back into the Japanese market. ↗

— Randy Neugebauer

#back #beef #brought #cattle #friends

I have never taken a job or done a job where I felt I needed to leave my conscience at the door. One of the the great things about not being in politics as a career is that I can do this job without thinking about my career. I can think about what we're trying to do, what we're trying to accomplish and what we're trying to leave. ↗

— Deval Patrick

#accomplish #being #career #conscience #done

I carried out my orders until arrested. I had no sense that I was spying, and I ask that this be taken into account in deciding my verdict. ↗

— Witold Pilecki

#arrested #ask #carried #deciding #had