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To his lasting credit, President Reagan never wavered. He recognized the strategic importance of staying the course, both in terms of denying Moscow the military hegemony it sought in Western Europe and of restoring the will, cohesiveness, and security of the NATO alliance, so badly frayed during the turbulent 1970s.


Frank Gaffney


#badly #both #course #credit #denying

My lovely wife Janet has been in a few paintings. She is basically a reserved woman who has never sought the limelight. She has always been there throughout my career and continues to be at my side.


LeRoy Neiman


#basically #been #career #continues #few

It has pleased no less than surprised me that of the many studies whereby I have sought to extend the field of general chemistry, the highest scientific distinction that there is today has been awarded for those on catalysis.


Wilhelm Ostwald


#been #catalysis #chemistry #distinction #extend

What I did was take the Jesus of the Gospels, the Son of God, the Son of the Virgin Mary, and sought to make Him utterly believable, a vital breathing character.


Anne Rice


#breathing #character #did #god #gospels

We sought out and visited all the Indians hereabouts that we could meet with, in number about twenty. They were chiefly in one place, about a mile from where we lodged.


John Woolman


#chiefly #could #indians #lodged #meet

Thus the genetic basis to the origin of bird species is to be sought in the inheritance of adult traits that are subject to natural and sexual selection.


Peter R. Grant


#basis #bird #genetic #inheritance #natural

I state for the record that I have never sought funds from any POW family, nor led them to believe in any way that we were going on a mission to rescue their specific missing loved one.


Bo Gritz


#believe #family #funds #going #i

Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.


Calvin Coolidge


#character #create #industry #self-control #sought

In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?


Charles de Gaulle


#events #friend #history #men #my friend

Therefore it is essential that some means should be sought whereby the work of the nation may be carried on without constant yet at present necessary dislocation.


James Larkin


#constant #dislocation #essential #may #means