#war

As a result of the awareness and consciousness of decline, an awareness and consciousness of a national ethnicity or an Islamic identity also came into being. ↗

— Abdolkarim Soroush

#awareness #being #came #consciousness #decline

People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs. ↗

— Abdolkarim Soroush

#any #basic #basic needs #concern #first

I was offered one of the roles in a big project that shall remain nameless. I thought the whole thing encouraged violent sex crimes toward women. It made horrible, ghastly rape violence seem sexy. I just didn't want to sign my name to it. ↗

— Mira Sorvino

#crimes #encouraged #ghastly #horrible #i

I'll keep us out of war with Oklahoma! ↗

— Kinky Friedman

#keep #oklahoma #out #us #war

Sometimes I feel an obligation to be accessible as a personality, but for me the driving force since the beginning has always been good work, taking risks, trying new things. If the door opens, go through it. Always go forwards. ↗

— David Soul

#always #been #beginning #door #driving

Being on the move all the time is draining, but the rewards make up for it. ↗

— David Soul

#draining #make #make up #move #rewards

To a resolute mind, wishing to do is the first step toward doing. But if we do not wish to do a thing it becomes impossible. ↗

— Robert Southey

#doing #first #first step #impossible #mind

Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that have even less foundation? ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#billions #country #even #forecast #foundation

Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really means is putting more power in the hands of bureaucrats. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#gullible #hands #hearts #help #may

Brainy folks were also present in Lyndon Johnson's administration, especially in the Pentagon, where Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's brilliant 'whiz kids' tried to micro-manage the Vietnam war, with disastrous results. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#also #brainy #brilliant #defense #disastrous