#thou

Canadians tend to be a bit more religious than most Europeans - though not more than the Poles or Ukrainians. Most important, their attitude to immigration and ethnic minorities is more positive than that of most Europeans. ↗

— Timothy Garton Ash

#bit #canadians #ethnic #europeans #immigration

I have also been saddened, though hardly surprised, by the weakness of the EU's reaction to the criminal attack on the Danish embassy in Syria, which seems to have been permitted, if not actively encouraged, by the Syrian regime. ↗

— Timothy Garton Ash

#also #attack #been #criminal #danish

Maybe it's legitimate criticism, though it can be hurtful. Maybe I haven't paid sufficient attention to the people with whom I would have a natural affinity as a liberal, and they feel let down by that. ↗

— Paddy Ashdown

#attention #criticism #down #feel #haven

I'm 25, so I've already gone through what my character Ged goes through, though it's on a general scale because I haven't studied at a wizard's school. ↗

— Shawn Ashmore

#because #character #general #goes #gone

Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#all night #being #creationists #dreamt #drunk

He could not see a belt without hitting below it. ↗

— Margot Asquith

#belt #could #hitting #see #without

It's not so much the amount of tax we pay - it's the sense that our pocket's being picked without our knowing what's going on. ↗

— Andrew J. Bacevich

#being #going #knowing #much #our

Many women have told me they remember where they were when they read the book, and how they felt suddenly that what they really thought or felt about things made sense. ↗

— Carol Gilligan

#book #felt #how #made #many

Better to be without logic than without feeling. ↗

— Charlotte Bronte

#feeling #logic #than #without

I could not understand how it could move under its own power. And when it had driven past me, without even thinking why I found myself chasing it down the road, as hard as I could run. ↗

— Soichiro Honda

#could #down #down the road #driven #even