#ned

The danger of what's happening right now in terms of using reconciliation is, the purpose of the Senate is going to be defeated. And that is to bring consensus to big issues in this country so that we have a reasoned and thoughtful approach and that the American public buys into it. ↗

— Tom Coburn

#american public #approach #big #bring #buys

Nations it may be have fashioned their Governments, but the Governments have paid them back in the same coin. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#coin #fashioned #governments #may #nations

My only regret is that I signed away the world rights and in America they've been far and away my most successful books, but I never saw a cent from any of it. ↗

— Jonathan Coe

#any #away #been #books #cent

There may be problems we still need to tease out, but we will leave no stone unturned in our bid to make London the host city. ↗

— Sebastian Coe

#city #host #leave #london #make

To anyone who has started out on a long campaign believing that the gold medal was destined for him, the feeling when, all of a sudden, the medal has gone somewhere else is quite indescribable. ↗

— Sebastian Coe

#believing #campaign #destined #else #feeling

I joined the Labour party because I believed in equality, in freedom of speech and in tolerance, compassion and understanding for people, irrespective of their background and views. In whatever I decide to do in the future I will hold to those principles. ↗

— Geoff Hoon

#because #believed #compassion #decide #equality

To be sure, the vast majority of people who are untrained can accept the results of science only on authority. ↗

— Morris Raphael Cohen

#authority #majority #only #people #results

I don't accept the argument of people like David Horowitz that the government should impose some sort of predetermined political balance on academic research. ↗

— Juan Cole

#accept #argument #balance #david #government

I don't think that my parents even imagined that I would be exposed to drugs. In those days, for some reason, it was not talked about, just like sex was not talked about. ↗

— Natalie Cole

#days #even #exposed #i #imagined

Ministers regularly meet soldiers that have returned from operational tours to hear about their experiences, including those who have recovered from their injuries. ↗

— Geoff Hoon

#experiences #hear #including #injuries #meet