#shifted

All the cameras shifted from the players to me. ↗

— Lesley Visser

#me #players #shifted

I was opposed to World War II, and indeed on June 22, 1941 when Hitler invaded the Soviet Union I suddenly found myself the lone supporter of peace since everybody else had, because of their communist beliefs, shifted over to become supporters of the war. ↗

— Douglass North

#become #beliefs #communist #else #everybody

Language is always evolving. It's difficult to read Shakespeare now because language has shifted. Similarly, kids these days can get to the point really quick in about 140 characters or less because of these new tools. ↗

— Erik Qualman

#always #because #characters #days #difficult

Having a child makes you strong and gives you chutzpah. It relaxed my attitude to the job; my center of focus shifted, which I think is very helpful, because even if you're not a very indulgent actor you spend a lot of time thinking about yourself. I don't think that is particularly healthy. ↗

— Imelda Staunton

#actor #attitude #because #center #child

If the blame (if there is any) can be shifted from him to me, I shall help him and our cause by taking it. I desire, therefore, that all the responsibility that can be put upon me shall go there and shall remain there. ↗

— James Longstreet

#blame #cause #desire #go #help

Becoming a mother was the single defining event of my life. It felt like the whole world shifted. ↗

— Debra Messing

#defining #event #felt #life #like

I never understand why people have children and then insist on living as though nothing has shifted. ↗

— Christy Turlington

#i #insist #living #never #nothing

With the rise of America, the global balance of power shifted away from the old European powers. ↗

— Armstrong Williams

#away #balance #balance of power #european #european powers

With the emergence of civilization, the rate of change shifted from hundreds of thousands of years to millennia. With the emergence of science as a way of knowing the universe, the rate of change shifted to centuries. ↗

— William Irwin Thompson

#change #civilization #emergence #hundreds #knowing

The main American naval forces were shifted to the Pacific region and an American admiral made a strong declaration to the effect that if war were to break out between Japan and the United States, the Japanese navy could be sunk in a matter of weeks. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

#american #between #break #could #declaration