#ted

Last year, New York got $200 million. This year, we're going to give them $124 million under this particular program. But last year was an artificially elevated number to make up from the very low grant the year before. ↗

— Michael Chertoff

#before #elevated #give #going #got

The larger point is this: We've invested over half a billion dollars in New York since this department was stood up. We've given New York more money, by more than double, than any other city in the country. ↗

— Michael Chertoff

#billion #city #country #department #dollars

Brutal men with unlimited power are the same all over the world. ↗

— Mary Chesnut

#men #over #power #same #unlimited

In Old Europe and Ancient Crete, women were respected for their roles in the discovery of agriculture and for inventing the arts of weaving and pottery making. ↗

— Carol P. Christ

#ancient #arts #crete #discovery #europe

Subversive language, however, must be constantly reinvented, because it is continually being co-opted by the powerful. ↗

— Carol P. Christ

#being #co-opted #constantly #continually #however

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and everyone who humbles himself will be exalted. ↗

— Jesus Christ

#exalted #exalts #himself #humbled #humbles

Christine and I haven't raised our children. A whole community of selfless Christians has contributed to helping them become faithful, competent adults. ↗

— Clayton Christensen

#children #christians #christine #community #competent

At about twelve I just knew, something clicked, and I knew I wanted to be an actor and my parents, to their credit, granted this 12 year old girl a chance to give it a try. ↗

— Erika Christensen

#actor #chance #clicked #credit #girl

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her. ↗

— Agatha Christie

#best #gets #her #husband #interested

Most of the food imported to Russia came from China. ↗

— Alex Chiu

#china #food #imported #most #russia