#large number

We have received credible reports that show a clear and consistent pattern: entire villages are looted, burned down and sometimes bombed. Large numbers of civilians have been killed and scores of women and children have been abducted, raped and tortured. ↗

— Jan Egeland

#bombed #burned #children #civilians #clear

What TV is extremely good at - and realize that this is "all it does" - is discerning what large numbers of people think they want, and supplying it. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#does #extremely #good #large #large numbers

But among them now were a large number of Communists in positions of great power within the new union movement, some of them actually moving close to the center of power. This was the crack in the wall through which they entered. Their power was to grow and prosper. ↗

— John T. Flynn

#among #center #close #communists #crack

I'm always surprised when large numbers of people buy my books. ↗

— Patricia Cornwell

#books #buy #i #large #large numbers

The most powerful recent innovation in government is when states aggressively use community colleges for retraining. In Michigan, where large numbers of workers were displaced from the manufacturing industry, we created a wildly successful program: No Worker Left Behind. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#behind #colleges #community #created #displaced

The United States has some people in Europe with whom we disagree on this matter and a large number of people in Europe, including governments in Europe, with whom we agree. ↗

— Douglas Feith

#disagree #europe #governments #including #large

All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. ↗

— Voltaire

#large #large numbers #numbers #punished #sound

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#could #desired #few #happiness #large

In Berlin I especially enjoyed the orchestral concerts, and I attended a large number of them. I formed the acquaintance of a good many musicians, several of whom spoke of my playing in high terms. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

#attended #berlin #concerts #enjoyed #especially

To be rich nowadays merely means to possess a large number of poor objects. ↗

— Raoul Vaneigem

#large number #means #merely #nowadays #number