#conditions

Last chances in the Middle East have been two a dirham since the 1950s. Each year the enmities are more profound, the despots more bloodthirsty and clownish, the violence more extreme, and the conditions of ordinary existence more ghastly. ↗

— James Buchan

#chances #conditions #despots #each #east

It was necessary to bluff the Japanese camp commanders, with whatever authority I could muster, that I had come officially to ensure that the surrender terms were being complied with and that living conditions for the POWs were being immediately improved. ↗

— Wilfred Burchett

#being #bluff #camp #come #commanders

With those people, I'm very far apart, because I believe that government access to communications and stored records is valuable when done under tightly controlled conditions which protect legitimate privacy interests. ↗

— Dorothy Denning

#apart #because #believe #communications #conditions

Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future. ↗

— Walt Disney

#change #conditions #constantly #focused #future

The constant flux and caprice of mental events do not admit of the establishment of stable experimental conditions. ↗

— Hermann Ebbinghaus

#caprice #conditions #constant #establishment #events

There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#changing #choices #conditions #exist #life

Moreover, health center services save money and lives by treating diseases before they become chronic conditions, require hospital care or require a trip to the emergency room. ↗

— Tim Murphy

#before #care #center #chronic #conditions

It is all very well and it sounds very seductive to say we are going to have harmonisation of regulations, but for example the way that funds are distributed around the states these days, you are positively penalised if you actually want to have say a lower payroll tax or sort of conditions. ↗

— Campbell Newman

#around #conditions #days #distributed #example

Composers today get a TV script on Friday and have to record on Tuesday. It's just dreadful to impose on gifted talent and expect decent music under these conditions. ↗

— Alex North

#conditions #decent #dreadful #expect #friday

All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities... the list goes on! ↗

— Frances O'Grady

#caring #chance #clearly #conditions #equal