#pond

Conservatives, despite their increasingly powerful presence on cable TV and talk radio, feel excluded and disregarded by the longstanding preponderance of liberal voices on public television. ↗

— Michael Medved

#cable tv #conservatives #despite #disregarded #excluded

And we will accept the creation of the Iberian Federation of a socialist republic which will give each region the right to construct its life in accordance with its economic possibilities and political preponderance. ↗

— Frederica Montseny

#accordance #construct #creation #each #economic

For each chromosome contributed by the sperm there is a corresponding chromosome contributed by the egg, there are two chromosomes of each kind, which together constitute a pair. ↗

— Thomas Hunt Morgan

#constitute #contributed #corresponding #each #egg

I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name. ↗

— William Morris

#another #battle #comes #defeat #fight

It is exceedingly improbable that the identical action of the corresponding parts of the two retina is the result of a certain habituation, or of the influence of the mind. ↗

— Johannes P. Muller

#certain #corresponding #exceedingly #habituation #identical

I am telling you, as a president of the country, I do not find it a mistake to listen to you and to respond to your requests and demands. But it is shameful and I will not, nor will ever accept to hear foreign dictations, whatever the source might be or whatever the context it came in. ↗

— Hosni Mubarak

#am #came #context #country #demands

Work/life benefits allow companies meaningful ways for responding to their employees' needs; they can be a powerful tool for transforming a workforce and driving a business' success. ↗

— Anne M. Mulcahy

#benefits #business #companies #driving #employees

When rough times have fallen upon our state in the past, Texans have always responded with generosity and an eagerness to help. The compassionate response to the fires has proven that this community spirit is alive and well. ↗

— Randy Neugebauer

#always #community #compassionate #eagerness #fallen

Oh, the miraculous energy that flows between two people who care enough to get beyond surfaces and games, who are willing to take the risks of being totally open, of listening, of responding with the whole heart. How much we can do for each other. ↗

— Alex Noble

#between #beyond #care #each #energy

I think there has been this increasing misperception that kids will not respond to something because it's also for adults. I think that often that tends to get underestimated. ↗

— Christopher Nolan

#because #been #get #i #i think