#tar

To say that you now trust the Russian military command and control system because some Russian general told you from the bottom of his heart that's the case, strikes me as most unrealistic. ↗

— William Odom

#bottom #case #command #control #general

However, please allow me to say that the fundamental style of my writing has been to start from my personal matters and then to link it up with society, the state and the world. ↗

— Kenzaburo Oe

#been #fundamental #however #link #matters

In the recent years there have been criticisms levelled against Japan suggesting that she should offer more military forces to the United Nations forces and thereby play a more active role in the keeping and restoration of peace in various parts of the world. ↗

— Kenzaburo Oe

#active role #against #been #criticisms #forces

I don't think the discus will ever attract any interest until they let us start throwing them at each other. ↗

— Al Oerter

#attract #each #ever #i #interest

I did not feel 'evil' when I wrote advertisements for Puerto Rico. They helped attract industry and tourists to a country which had been living on the edge of starvation for 400 years. ↗

— David Ogilvy

#attract #been #country #did #edge

I was born left-handed, but I was made to use my other hand. When I was writing 'Famished Road,' which was very long, I got repetitive stress syndrome. My right wrist collapsed, so I started using my left hand. The prose I wrote with my left hand came out denser, so later on I had to change it. ↗

— Ben Okri

#came #change #collapsed #denser #got

I mean, we just started, it's a new thing. We're doing this for fun and we're going to see where it goes. ↗

— Bill Kreutzmann

#fun #goes #going #i #just

I had a guitar when I was 6 or 7, a plastic guitar with the Beatles' faces on it. It would be a collector's item now. It would fetch a hefty sum, I imagine. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#collector #faces #fetch #guitar #had

It's funny: I'm a lifelong musician, but because I principally play the piano it's been a solitary thing. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#been #funny #i #lifelong #musician

In the remaining months, we should focus on achieving more robust international involvement in training of Iraqi soldiers, police officers, judges, teachers, and doctors - all key elements needed to end the sectarian and civil conflict and build Iraq's future. ↗

— John Olver

#build #civil #conflict #doctors #elements