#war

New terms used like, 'overseas contingency operation' instead of the word 'war' - that reflects a worldview that is out of touch with the enemy that we face. We can't spin our way out of this threat. ↗

— Sarah Palin

#enemy #face #instead #like #new

The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done. ↗

— Arnold Palmer

#done #life #like #look #most

It is not a dreamlike state, but the somehow insulated state, that a great musician achieves in a great performance. He's aware of where he is and what he's doing, but his mind is on the playing of the instrument with an internal sense of rightness. ↗

— Arnold Palmer

#aware #doing #great #his #instrument

I'm hard on myself, so I'm working on shifting perspective toward self-acceptance, with all my flaws and weaknesses. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#hard #i #myself #perspective #shifting

Go forward, knowing that you are greater than the challenges of your time. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#forward #go #greater #knowing #our time

Even in decline, a virtuous man increases the beauty of his behavior. A burning stick, though turned to the ground, has its flame drawn upwards. ↗

— Saskya Pandita

#behavior #burning #decline #drawn #even

After every major conflict - World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the fall of the Soviet Union - what happened was that we ultimately hollowed out the force, largely by doing deep across-the-board cuts. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#conflict #cuts #deep #doing #every

In private some critics have come up to me afterwards and told me they honestly enjoyed the movie. Then they'd tell me that they're still going to have to write it up negatively. ↗

— Joe Pantoliano

#come #critics #enjoyed #going #honestly

Greece is at a crucial crossroads. The choices that are made and the policies that are enforced will have a decisive impact on the wellbeing of Greeks. The way forward will not be easy but the problems can be solved, and will be solved, if there is unity, co-operation and consensus. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#co-operation #consensus #crossroads #crucial #decisive

I don't know when acting came to be more about awards than about the work. Judging who's better than the other person shouldn't be part of why we're doing this job. It should be about entertaining people. ↗

— Anna Paquin

#acting #awards #better #came #doing