#ted

I would like to tell our American, British and Spanish friends that the Iraqi crisis is not a problem between the United States and France, but between those who want to move forward in the logic of war and the international community. ↗

— Dominique de Villepin

#between #british #community #crisis #forward

In the past 40 years, the United States lost more than a million farmers and ranchers. Many of our farmers are aging. Today, only nine percent of family farm income comes from farming, and more and more of our farmers are looking elsewhere for their primary source of income. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#comes #elsewhere #family #family farm #farm

I think we all share the same goal, which is a United States of America that inspires people and leads. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#goal #i #i think #inspires #leads

If you think of what food is, it's the energy we use to do our daily work. I want people to know about the USDA. This is a very important department. It's not fully appreciated as such. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#appreciated #daily #daily work #department #energy

Proper school nutrition must be complemented by activities outside of the cafeteria. The decisions parents make to keep their kids healthy are critical in fighting this battle on the home front. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#battle #complemented #critical #decisions #fighting

I was at sea the other day and loads of meat floated past. It was a bit choppy. ↗

— Tim Vine

#day #floated #i #loads #meat

People ask 'do you make a conscious effort not to swear?' - if you're doing silly stuff you're not tempted to put swearing in. All the comics from my childhood, who were funny without swearing, were the people that influenced me. What I do is quite traditional anyway. ↗

— Tim Vine

#ask #childhood #comics #conscious #conscious effort

Studying anthropology, I developed a kind of holistic view of human existence, in which the dichotomies you listed are all necessary and vital aspects of life. ↗

— Joan D. Vinge

#aspects #developed #existence #holistic #human

The futures and ultimate fates of the characters in The Snow Queen are profoundly changed by choices made in their own minds or hearts, as well as choices unexpectedly forced on them by things beyond their control. ↗

— Joan D. Vinge

#changed #characters #choices #control #fates

I was distressed that after 9/11, when the United States was attacked by terrorists, the United States' response was to attack Afghanistan, where some of the terrorists had been. ↗

— Alice Walker

#after #attack #attacked #been #distressed