#off

Torture is banned but in two-thirds of the world's countries it is still being committed in secret. Too many governments still allow wrongful imprisonment, murder or "disappearance" to be carried out by their officials with impunity. ↗

— Peter Benenson

#banned #being #carried #committed #countries

When I played in Holland, I always tried to lob the goalkeeper. People used to say, 'Oh, you're always only trying to make a nice goal'. But I said, 'Listen, if the goalie is a little bit off his line, how much space do you have on his left or right?' It's not a lot. 'And how much space do you have above him?' ↗

— Dennis Bergkamp

#always #bit #goal #goalkeeper #him

We fixed on No. 4, Queen Street Place, for our City offices, and it was from there that so many of my patented inventions were dated. ↗

— Henry Bessemer

#dated #fixed #inventions #many #offices

I hate everything about airports from getting there to taking off. ↗

— Honor Blackman

#everything #getting #hate #i #off

Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner. ↗

— Hugh Blair

#gentleness #manner #offensive #our #whatever

Conservatives are winning offices, and champions of big government are cleaning out their desks right now. ↗

— Rick Perry

#big government #champions #cleaning #conservatives #desks

The Olympics are great for notoriety right off the bat, but your body of work is what people remember you for. ↗

— Brian Boitano

#body #great #notoriety #off #olympics

Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer. ↗

— Rick Pitino

#excellence #improve #offer #quality #unlimited

Coming down off crack is like the worst depression. The worst. ↗

— Ray Brown

#crack #depression #down #like #off

You British plundered half the world for your own profit. Let's not pass it off as the Age of Enlightenment. ↗

— Paddy Chayefsky

#british #enlightenment #half #off #own