#vita

Planets are too dim to be detected with existing equipment, far away, except in these very special circumstances where they're seen by their gravitational effect. ↗

— Murray Gell-Mann

#circumstances #detected #dim #effect #equipment

We are in a time when the Peace Corps mission is more vital than ever, and the organization is at a 30-year high in the number of volunteers in the field. The Peace Corps is currently in 69 posts and serving 75 countries across the globe. ↗

— Kenny Marchant

#corps #countries #currently #ever #field

Force is not inevitable. Diplomacy is still the desired means. Pressure is an element of the means. ↗

— Dennis Ross

#diplomacy #element #force #inevitable #means

I did get bullied and I did get picked on and I did have that feeling in my gut of being incredibly self-conscious. I naturally gravitated towards my elders because I didn't know how to speak or be present with my peers. ↗

— Heather Matarazzo

#being #bullied #did #elders #feeling

There is nothing inevitable about crime and there is nothing inevitable about anti-social behaviour. ↗

— Theresa May

#behaviour #crime #inevitable #nothing

If I have to climb to heaven on a ladder, I shall decline the invitation. ↗

— Mercedes McCambridge

#decline #heaven #i #invitation #ladder

A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend. ↗

— Ward McAllister

#attend #before #die #dinner #invitation

Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed. ↗

— Kent McCord

#consideration #courtesy #fan #far #feelings

You know for many elected officials they all started in the same place. You know marriage is between a man and a woman, but they understand that they are moving inevitably, catching up to the American public. ↗

— James McGreevey

#american public #between #catching #elected #elected officials

Private ownership of property is vital to both our freedom and our prosperity. ↗

— Cathy McMorris

#freedom #our #ownership #private #private ownership