#term

It was necessary to bluff the Japanese camp commanders, with whatever authority I could muster, that I had come officially to ensure that the surrender terms were being complied with and that living conditions for the POWs were being immediately improved. ↗

— Wilfred Burchett

#being #bluff #camp #come #commanders

Most Americans have some experience with nursing homes or other long term care settings, and nearly half have had a family member or close friend in a home in the past three years. ↗

— Michael Burgess

#close #close friend #experience #family #family member

Today, there are more opportunities for writers in terms of access to larger success, but it's more difficult to publish a literary novel in the lower ranges. In other words, you almost have to hit a home run. You can hit a triple, maybe, but nobody's interested in a single. ↗

— James Lee Burke

#almost #difficult #hit #home #home run

With our lives and food chain set up to make us fat - I mean, you can't drive down any highway in America and find a grapefruit - a guy needs to be smarter and more determined to get lean. ↗

— David Zinczenko

#any #chain #determined #down #drive

In terms of the black female audience, usually if you're true to that character but more so in your body of work if you've proven that you love your sisters and you proven you will come back home like in 42.4% they'll give you a pass when you jump ship. I hear it all the time. ↗

— Blair Underwood

#back #black #body #character #come

That's sort of like asking a parent who their favorite child is. It's very hard to determine. Sometimes I'll get feedback from somebody who liked this part of the show. Others like another part of the show. ↗

— Lance Burton

#asking #child #determine #favorite #feedback

I never felt comfortable with making political decisions based on whether, you know, it was the right thing to do in terms of a poll. ↗

— Jeb Bush

#comfortable #decisions #felt #i #know

Personally, I believe in self-determination, but in the context of one South Africa - so that my self-determination is based in this region, and with my people. ↗

— Mangosuthu Buthelezi

#based #believe #context #i #i believe

I have made lots of mistakes in terms of contracts and spending money when I shouldn't have spent money. ↗

— Jenson Button

#i #lots #made #mistakes #money

For wide swaths of training and education there are valuable spillovers which mean that the private sector needs support from the government. That is why I have been so determined to protect and grow apprenticeships and put higher education on a sustainable footing. ↗

— Vince Cable

#determined #education #footing #government #grow