#under

An insuperable obstacle to rapid transit in Africa is the want of carriers, and as speed was the main object of the Expedition under my command, my duty was to lessen this difficulty as much as possible. ↗

— Henry Morton Stanley

#carriers #command #difficulty #duty #expedition

I understand Spanish better than I speak it. ↗

— Julian Castro

#i #spanish #speak #than #understand

The truth is that personality inevitably bleeds into all forms of our intellectual life. We all extrapolate from our own lives in order to understand the world. ↗

— Siri Hustvedt

#life #personality #understanding #life

Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another. ↗

— Iris Chang

#another #crisis #economic #economic crisis #exploited

I'll always understand the Schadenfreude aspect to short-selling. I get that no one will always like it. I'm also convinced to the deepest part of my bones that short-selling plays the role of real-time financial watchdog. It's one of the few checks and balances in the market. ↗

— James Chanos

#always #aspect #balances #bones #checks

The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool. ↗

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

#blithe #bosom #coarse #dances #diamond

To some degree it matters who's in office, but it matters more how much pressure they're under from the public. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#how #matters #more #much #office

You do it a day at a time. You write as well as you can, you put it in the mail, you leave it under submission, you never leave it at home. ↗

— James Lee Burke

#home #leave #mail #never #put

So there is going to be that balance of understanding how to get the best out of the car that day, whether it's 15th or even if I have a shot at a top 10, protecting that car so we can bring it back when we have to. ↗

— Kurt Busch

#balance #best #bring #car #day

I'm not the one who was elected. I would never do anything to undermine my husband's point of view. ↗

— Laura Bush

#elected #husband #i #never #point