#deaths

Obama is making a choice now that will lead to the deaths of many thousands of civilians in Afghanistan by American hands. By ordinary standards of presidents, he is a decent man. But those standards aren't good enough. He's in a position either to kill or not to kill, and he's made the decision to kill. ↗

— Daniel Ellsberg

#american #choice #civilians #deaths #decent

With 30,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations from the seasonal flu, those numbers are certainly higher than what we've seen of the swine flu. Protecting yourself from both viruses is very important. ↗

— Kristi Yamaguchi

#certainly #deaths #flu #higher #important

We're aligning ourselves with Kerry. Our allegiance will be for peace, against war, no more deaths for oil, and for a dialogue between the government of Spain and the new Kerry administration. ↗

— Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

#against #aligning #allegiance #between #deaths

More than half the combat deaths in Vietnam occurred after Richard Nixon was elected on a promise to bring the war to an end, and after the American people had already decided that they did not want one more soldier to die in Vietnam. ↗

— Raul Grijalva

#already #american #american people #bring #combat

There could have been more planning in New Orleans, but you look at all the devastation that happened there - have we gotten to 3,000 deaths yet? For that magnitude of a disaster, that's not all that bad. ↗

— John Hickenlooper

#been #could #deaths #devastation #disaster

Ancient societies had anthropomorphic gods: a huge pantheon expanding into centuries of dynastic drama; fathers and sons, martyred heroes, star-crossed lovers, the deaths of kings - stories that taught us of the danger of hubris and the primacy of humility. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#centuries #danger #deaths #drama #expanding

Middle age snuffs out more talent than ever wars or sudden deaths do. ↗

— Richard Hughes

#deaths #ever #middle #middle age #more

There is no kind way to rip the skin off animals' backs. Anyone who wears any fur shares the blame for the torture and gruesome deaths of millions of animals each year. ↗

— Natalie Imbruglia

#anyone #backs #blame #deaths #each

Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#deaths #die #honor #ten #than

I've done about four deaths in films now, and I think it's quite good because then it's sort of a memorable moment in the film. ↗

— Gemma Arterton

#because #deaths #done #film #films