#orc

You don't deploy forces into harm's way without knowing what's going on. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#forces #going #harm #into #knowing

Greece is at a crucial crossroads. The choices that are made and the policies that are enforced will have a decisive impact on the wellbeing of Greeks. The way forward will not be easy but the problems can be solved, and will be solved, if there is unity, co-operation and consensus. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#co-operation #consensus #crossroads #crucial #decisive

I am confident that we can overcome this crisis, provided that we remain united in our effort to address our debt and competitiveness problems. And I think that the Greek people are united; it's important also that the political forces are united in line with the will of the Greek people. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#also #am #competitiveness #confident #crisis

I don't think homosexuality is a choice. Society forces you to think it's a choice, but in fact, it's in one's nature. The choice is whether one expresses one's nature truthfully or spends the rest of one's life lying about it. ↗

— Marlo Thomas

#choice #expresses #fact #forces #homosexuality

But a large symphony orchestra basically is a repertory company and it has a very enormous repertoire and it is important for the performers to be able to know how to shift focus so that they instantly become part of the sound world that a particular repertoire demands. ↗

— Michael Tilson Thomas

#basically #become #company #demands #enormous

But still as compared to many, many orchestras in the world, I think you find a lot more new music and living composers on our programs than many other places. ↗

— Michael Tilson Thomas

#composers #find #i #i think #living

Read the editorial page of your local paper. It introduces you to opinion and can be terrifically provocative and perhaps a great motivating force for you to get involved in your community, regardless of your political ideology. ↗

— Sarah Jessica Parker

#editorial #force #get #great #ideology

I grew up with the religion of 'Star Wars,' frankly. That's when I realized there is something bigger out there... and it's called The Force. ↗

— Trey Parker

#called #force #frankly #grew #i

I've never had a divorce, but I've seen so many of my friends, my sister, my family go through that stuff, so I try to write for the people that can't write about it. I take on their sorrow, so I'm able to kind of express it, or their joy. ↗

— Dolly Parton

#about #divorce #express #family #for the people

Law, without force, is impotent. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#law #without