#forces

Creative work is often driven by pain. It may be that if you don't have something in the back of your head driving you nuts, you may not do anything. It's not a good arrangement. If I were God, I wouldn't have done it that way. [Interview, The Wall Street Journal, Nov. 20, 2009] ↗

— Cormac McCarthy

#creation #creative-process #driving-forces #hardship #pain

Yes, we've seen it all before. And yes, those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it. But no, the sky is not falling - baseball is such a great game that neither the owners nor the players can kill it. After some necessary carnage, market forces will prevail. ↗

— John Thorn

#baseball #before #carnage #condemned #falling

A habitual disuse of physical forces totally destroys the moral; and men lose at once the power of protecting themselves, and of discerning the cause of their oppression. ↗

— Joel Barlow

#destroys #discerning #disuse #forces #habitual

Similarly, establishing a firm timeline for bringing our troops home could accelerate the development of Iraqi security forces and deepen their commitment to defending their own country and their own government. ↗

— Peter DeFazio

#bringing #commitment #could #country #deepen

Our troops are committed to bringing security to Iraq while its government matures. American forces will continue to accomplish their mission with caution, precision and honor with the thanks of a grateful nation. ↗

— Mike Fitzpatrick

#american #bringing #caution #committed #continue

No government is here forever. And there are other forces - the most potent force in our society, in fact, big business - doing good for the environment. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#big business #business #doing #doing good #environment

We must clearly see that international hostile forces are intensifying the strategic plot of Westernizing and dividing China, and ideological and cultural fields are the focal areas of their long-term infiltration. ↗

— Hu Jintao

#china #clearly #cultural #dividing #fields

In any case, fighting will not settle whether the claims were just or unjust. It will only settle which nation can mobilize and handle its fighting forces and its economic forces the better. ↗

— Rufus Jones

#better #case #claims #economic #economic forces

The United States armed forces and coalition troops deserve recognition and support for their work to remove Saddam Hussein from power, and ensure the safety and security of the American people, civilians abroad, and the people of Iraq. ↗

— Mark Kennedy

#american #american people #armed #armed forces #civilians

I like to try all kinds of styles so it always challenges me and forces me to try to look different. ↗

— Nancy Kerrigan

#challenges #different #forces #i #kinds