#direction

When I get a chance to power jump off both legs, I can lean, twist, change directions and decide whether to dunk the ball or pass it to an open man. In other words, I may be committed to the air, but I still have some control over it. ↗

— Julius Erving

#ball #both #chance #change #committed

The effect of sailing is produced by a judicious arrangement of the sails to the direction of the wind. ↗

— William Falconer

#direction #effect #judicious #produced #sailing

I took an oath to protect the people of Arizona, and that's what I'm going to do. I'm going to keep pushing in that direction. ↗

— Jan Brewer

#direction #going #i #keep #oath

Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges. ↗

— William Falconer

#direction #head #hence #her #opposed

That's the thing. in medicine, you're used to saying there's a problem within the person, and saying there's a problem within the culture, that's not a medical answer. Medicine has to look in one direction, so there's only one type of answer that they can find. ↗

— Chester Brown

#culture #direction #find #look #medical

As a result of that, America desires a moderate Islam; an Islam that America can control; an Islam that America can give direction to and give orders to its leaders. ↗

— Louis Farrakhan

#control #desires #direction #give #islam

But, as we've seen over the last several months, the people in this country are very dissatisfied with the direction that this administration is taking this country. And what we heard last night was absolutely the ignoring of that fact. It was: We're going to continue with this agenda. In fact, we're going to double down on healthcare. ↗

— Eric Cantor

#administration #agenda #continue #country #direction

Mounting a large rock, I was able to see a considerable body of the enemy moving by the flank in rear of their line engaged, and passing from the direction of the foot of Great Round Top through the valley toward the front of my left. ↗

— Joshua Chamberlain

#body #considerable #direction #enemy #engaged

National Missile Defense is of a nature to retrigger a proliferation of weapons, notably nuclear missiles. Everything that goes in the direction of proliferation is a bad direction. ↗

— Jacques Chirac

#defense #direction #everything #goes #missile

Thankfully, beauty is easier to remove than apply, and a swipe of demaquillage in the right direction and you are you once again. ↗

— Margaret Cho

#apply #beauty #direction #easier #once