#twelve

With twelve horse power at our command, we considered that we could permit the weight of the machine with operator to rise to 750 or 800 pounds, and still have as much surplus power as we had originally allowed for in the first estimate of 550 pounds. ↗

— Orville Wright

#command #considered #could #estimate #first

I've been a Goodwill Ambassador for the UNICEF and the UNICEF family for more than twelve years. ↗

— Danny Glover

#been #family #goodwill #i #more

The Clinton administration brought 65 cases from 1995 to 2000 before the World Trade Organization. The Bush administration has brought twelve. Twelve cases. They haven't even been able to stand up for our jobs. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#administration #been #before #brought #bush

The years from about eight to twelve constitute a unique period of human life. ↗

— G. Stanley Hall

#constitute #eight #human #human life #life

I seriously started drinking probably when I was about twelve. Kids are doing a lot of stuff very early. ↗

— David Arquette

#doing #drinking #early #i #kids

So-called defense now absorbs sixty per cent of the national budget, and about twelve per cent of the Gross National Product. ↗

— George Wald

#budget #cent #defense #gross #national

Twelve years on sets watching directors, I've taken a bit from everybody and rejected a lot. ↗

— Christopher Eccleston

#directors #everybody #i #lot #rejected

I was born at the age of twelve on an MGM lot. ↗

— Judy Garland

#born #i #i was born #lot #mgm

There's some things you just have to live with. Like twelve cars camping outside your house, and when you wake up in the morning, they're going to follow you wherever you go. It helps that I live in Valencia. It eliminates some. But they're still here. ↗

— Taylor Lautner

#cars #eliminates #follow #go #going

My sister started acting professionally when she was twelve, but I wanted to go to college first. ↗

— Rooney Mara

#college #first #go #i #professionally