#position

A public expectation, it has to be said, not of poetry as such but of political positions variously approvable by mutually disapproving groups. ↗

— Seamus Heaney

#expectation #groups #mutually #poetry #political

Therefore, let us not despair, but instead, survey the position, consider carefully the action we must take, and then address ourselves to our common task in a mood of sober resolution and quiet confidence, without haste and without pause. ↗

— Arthur Henderson

#address #carefully #common #confidence #consider

I have a bad back partially from playing the drums and singing. I used to have to hold my body in such a position that my spine got out of alignment. ↗

— Don Henley

#back #bad #bad back #body #drums

Good composition is like a suspension bridge - each line adds strength and takes none away. ↗

— Robert Henri

#away #bridge #composition #each #good

We just have to be crystal clear that if we were to abandon all the reforms made over some very painful years in the Labour party, we would be consigned back to opposition. ↗

— Patricia Hewitt

#back #clear #crystal #just #labour

Well I think all I would say on that is, when we were in opposition in Britain and Hawke and then Keating were in power here, Labor was in power here, we learnt a huge amount from the ALP's experience here. ↗

— Patricia Hewitt

#britain #experience #here #huge #i

I would argue that one of the issues which the public should be much more emphatic about with all politicians... is patronage, appointing people to high positions because they supported your campaign or helped you raise money. ↗

— John Hickenlooper

#appointing #argue #because #campaign #emphatic

I always look at money not as a motivating factor but as an element in the composition. You can't ignore it, but you've got to be very careful that it's not motivating you. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#careful #composition #element #factor #got

France, after the month of May, will share trust with the current leadership of the United States which, on many subjects, has tended to take useful positions in our view. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#current #france #leadership #many #may

What the French want is coherence, stability and justice. If I am in a favorable position today, it's because my fellow citizens want to make the effort to straighten out the country, and at the same time they want it to be just and equitable. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#because #citizens #coherence #country #effort