#tie

My idea here is that, inasmuch as certain cognitive tasks and principles are tied to nature's laws, these tasks and principles are indifferent to language, culture, gender, or the particular mode of information that is provided. ↗

— Edward Tufte

#cognitive #culture #gender #here #idea

Numerical quantities focus on expected values, graphical summaries on unexpected values. ↗

— John Tukey

#focus #graphical #numerical #quantities #unexpected

My great desire has been to remove from the political arena a question of this kind that is calculated to prevent us getting a verdict upon the important political issues that separate the two parties in this country. ↗

— Charles Tupper

#been #calculated #country #desire #getting

Modeling is a profession where your worth is tied up with looks. ↗

— Christy Turlington

#modeling #profession #tied #up #where

A proper family diary with everyone's events and parties in it really helps organise the household. ↗

— Anthea Turner

#events #everyone #family #helps #household

Rural Americans want leaders who help middle-class communities to plan and prosper over the long-term - not opportunists who reap the rewards for themselves, leaving nothing for the people who do the sowing. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#for the people #help #leaders #leaving #long-term

But It doesn't make sense for us to have a continued reliance on a supply of oil where whenever there is unrest in another part of the world, gasoline prices jump up. We need a renewable fuel industry that's more than corn-based, of course, and there are a whole series of great opportunities here. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#continued #course #fuel #gasoline #gasoline prices

More than half of America's rural counties are losing population and with it, political representation. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#counties #half #losing #more #political

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

As for the historical inspirations I drew on in writing The Snow Queen, I suppose I would call them more cross-cultural inspirations, though they frequently involve past societies as well as present day ones. ↗

— Joan D. Vinge

#day #drew #frequently #historical #i