#spot

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#despotism #fear #power #resistance #strength

You go on these Internet blogs and people say the meanest things. I'm a normal person. Just because I'm in the spotlight doesn't mean I'm God's gift to the world. I'm learning and making mistakes just like every other 17-year-old girl out there. ↗

— Hayden Panettiere

#blogs #every #gift #girl #go

The more games I will play, the faster I will be back on a top spot in the world rankings. ↗

— Jan Timman

#faster #games #i #more #play

I will say that growing up as a kid in an urban environment and having lived in cities all my life, the one achievement that everyone can look forward to is getting the perfect parking spot. ↗

— Saul Perlmutter

#cities #environment #everyone #forward #getting

Well, the oil, the oil spot, if you will, is a, is a term in counterinsurgency literature that connotes a peaceful area, secure area. So what you're trying to do is to always extend that, to push that out. ↗

— David Petraeus

#area #counterinsurgency #extend #literature #oil

I never prepare. I think that's completely overrated. It's a very simple job. All you have to do is hit this bright mark, stand in the right spot and say the line. So I don't really believe in preparation. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#bright #completely #hit #i #i think

Democracy passes into despotism. ↗

— Plato

#despotism #into #passes

By the time Obama came into office, Washington had already agreed over a period of a few weeks to a $700 billion government infusion into the world banking system. Nothing of the sort had ever been done before, and it was done spit spot with very little national debate. ↗

— John Podhoretz

#already #banking #banking system #been #before

If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#forget #make #note #remembered #spot

The temple of Ceres should be in a solitary spot out of the city, to which the public are not necessarily led but for the purpose of sacrificing to her. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#her #led #necessarily #out #public