#trie

So if you look back over the long history of China, they've never tried to take over the world, but they've been quite aggressive in their own neighborhood... in carrying out their own purposes and interests in their sphere of the world. ↗

— Fred Thompson

#back #been #carrying #china #history

I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours. I tried to find out what sort of allergy I had but finally came to the conclusion that it must be an allergy to consciousness. ↗

— James Thurber

#came #conclusion #consciousness #finally #find

Please know that I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be a challenge to others. ↗

— Amelia Earhart

#aware #because #challenge #fail #failure

Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail their failure must be but a challenge to others. ↗

— Amelia Earhart

#fail #failure #men #must #others

I hope the example of Saddam Hussein will give a lesson to leaders of other countries where human rights are not respected. ↗

— Shirin Ebadi

#example #give #hope #human #human rights

But if too many countries, as has been the case, interfere too much in the internal affairs, the political situation of Afghanistan, then of course we can't hope satisfactory results. ↗

— Bulent Ecevit

#afghanistan #been #case #countries #course

Far less wealthy industrialized countries have committed to end child poverty, while the United States is sliding backwards. We can do better. We must demand that our leaders do better. ↗

— Marian Wright Edelman

#better #child #committed #countries #demand

We tried not to age, but time had its rage. ↗

— Pete Townshend

#had #rage #time #tried

That is where the irony of the film comes off, in terms of the language it employs - where he tries desperately to be a 'TV Dad,' to give advice and it's so pat it becomes ridiculous. ↗

— Atom Egoyan

#becomes #comes #dad #desperately #employs

Everybody has to chip in, I think, and see how we can have a functioning system of collective security where we do not continue to face the threat of countries trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction or particularly nuclear weapons. ↗

— Mohamed ElBaradei

#chip #collective #continue #countries #destruction