#recognize

On a day when Osama bin Laden again threatened the United States and our allies, it is disturbing to realize that John Kerry neither recognizes nor understands the murderous ideology of our enemies and the threat they pose to our nation. ↗

— Marc Racicot

#allies #bin #day #disturbing #ideology

I don't want to be famous famous. I'm happy on the second tier, where I have autonomy on a professional level but I can still go out to the movies without being recognized. ↗

— Gabrielle Reece

#being #famous #go #happy #i

This is my sixth series, and I'm burned out wondering if a show is going to change my life. Don't get me wrong, I love when people recognize my work. But I've given up worrying about whether it'll be seen by two people or two million or 22 million. ↗

— Charlotte Ross

#burned #change #get #given #going

Long before the terrifying potential of the arms race was recognized, there was a widespread instinctive abhorrence of nuclear weapons, and a strong desire to get rid of them. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#arms #arms race #before #desire #get

On the Native American front, we have turned a new page in the 400-year history of the interface between the American settlers of this country and the nation's first Americans. That's included a new relationship where the sovereignty of tribes is in fact recognized. ↗

— Ken Salazar

#between #country #fact #first #front

The artist's job, I think, is to be a conduit for mystery. To intuit it, and recognize that the story-germ has some inherent mystery in it, and sort of midwife that mystery into the story in such a way that it isn't damaged in the process, and may even get heightened or refined. ↗

— George Saunders

#conduit #damaged #even #get #heightened

Be able to recognize when you're reading or hearing material biased to your own side. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#biased #hearing #material #own #reading

Maybe a part of me recognized how right the improvising spirit of jazz is. Not the sounds, but the freedom to work with musicians who work that way. It felt very natural to me, but I think there's a way to do it without it being a jazz record. ↗

— Jane Siberry

#felt #freedom #how #i #i think

The American flag is the most recognized symbol of freedom and democracy in the world. ↗

— Virginia Foxx

#american flag #democracy #flag #freedom #most

Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration. ↗

— Barbara Smith

#consideration #enough #entity #experience #important