#vera

Several million people inside and outside Afghanistan are destitute and desperately in need of help. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

#desperately #destitute #help #inside #million

My disorder has been attended with several symptoms of a consumption; and I have been at times apprehensive that my great change was at hand: yet blessed be God, I have never been affrighted; but, on the contrary, at times much delighted with a view of its approach. ↗

— David Brainerd

#approach #attended #been #blessed #blessed be

I do feel we have several great keepers on this team. We just need to get them that experience. ↗

— Lorrie Fair

#feel #get #great #i #i do

The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead. ↗

— Robert Brault

#case #dead #eraser #inches #just

I'm committed to universal health coverage and education. ↗

— Carol Moseley Braun

#coverage #education #health #i #universal

There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors who could not parse a differential equation to save their lives. ↗

— David Brin

#best #better #could #differential #doubt

When I was in jail I could only think about what the average person has to go through - the person who has no power to go to the press or no money to hire a lawyer. ↗

— Josh Brolin

#average #average person #could #go #hire

Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait. ↗

— A. Whitney Brown

#bombs #find #high #high school #kuwait

There are signs that the age of petroleum has passed its zenith. Adjusted for inflation, a barrel of crude oil now sells for three times its long-run average. The large western oil companies, which cartellised the industry for much of the 20th century, are now selling more oil than they find, and are thus in the throes of liquidation. ↗

— James Buchan

#adjusted #age #average #barrel #century

Almost all the fans I meet are pretty cool people. They're intelligent and tend to think about things a bit more than your average rock'n'roll fans: sensible people I wouldn't mind having a drink with. ↗

— Peter Buck

#almost #average #bit #cool #cool people