#mined

It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract. ↗

— Alan Shepard

#contract #determined #factor #feeling #government

If I want to continue to build the kind of effort we have with Do Something, being in a public office would help. I wouldn't rule it out, but it's not something I feel determined to do. ↗

— Andrew Shue

#build #continue #determined #effort #feel

Germany is determined to provide substantial help. So are the Netherlands and other states. But a day will come when we have to count on our own resources. ↗

— Eduard Shevardnadze

#count #day #determined #germany #help

Bush's war in Iraq has done untold damage to the United States. It has impaired our military power and undermined the morale of our armed forces. Our troops were trained to project overwhelming power. They were not trained for occupation duties. ↗

— George Soros

#armed forces #bush #damage #done #duties

My father was an immigrant who literally walked across Europe to get out of Russia. He fought in World War I. He was wounded in action. My father was a great success even though he never had money. He was a very determined man, a great role model. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#action #determined #europe #even #father

Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

#alone #determined #exists #free #itself

So long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long as he is determined not to do it; and consequently so long as it is impossible to him that he should do it. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

#consequently #determined #him #imagines #impossible

The seven marvels that best represent man's achievements over the last 2,000 years will be determined by Internet vote... so look for Howard Stern's Private Parts to come in No. 1. ↗

— Jon Stewart

#best #come #determined #howard #internet

They had me on the operating table all day. They looked into my stomach, my gall bladder, they examined everything inside of me. Know what they decided? I need glasses. ↗

— Joe E. Lewis

#bladder #day #decided #everything #examined

A good teacher is a determined person. ↗

— Gilbert Highet

#good #good teacher #person #teacher