#solid

Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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That's the thing I like about my sound. It's real raw and very unsafe compared to a solid state kind of sound. ↗

— Adam Jones

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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone. ↗

— Erica Jong

#city #liquid #mirrors #once #solid

Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#answers #easy #engage #find #half-baked

Solidarity was the movement that turned the direction of history, I think. ↗

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

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So in 2000, when we changed the business model and started really focusing on that triangle and putting the customer in the center, we decided we should hold off - we've done enough consolidation; we've got enough critical mass. ↗

— Sanjay Kumar

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We have believed at CA that consolidation of this industry is something that was required ten years ago. ↗

— Sanjay Kumar

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I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#became #because #been #big #big idea

The acceptance that all that is solid has melted into the air, that reality and morality are not givens but imperfect human constructs, is the point from which fiction begins. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#air #begins #constructs #fiction #givens

A free economy and strong communities honor the dignity of every person, rewarding effort with justice, promoting upward mobility, and building solidarity among citizens. ↗

— Paul Ryan

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