#ted

General McChrystal had to go. Whatever his virtues as a strategist and commander, the 'Rolling Stone' interview fatally compromised his ability to represent the United States in dealing with allies and to act within the circle of people who must make decisions in Afghanistan. ↗

— Jim Talent

#act #afghanistan #allies #circle #commander

I suppose the reason I chose electrical engineering was because I had always been interested in electricity, involving myself in such projects as building radios from the time I was a child. ↗

— Koichi Tanaka

#because #been #building #child #chose

In such an environment, I was able to study things that could be of immediate usefulness to the world. That learning experience undoubtedly served me well when I eventually entered the work force. ↗

— Koichi Tanaka

#could #entered #environment #eventually #experience

When it came time to find employment, I set my sights on becoming an engineer at a home electronics manufacturer, a field that was closely related to my major at university. ↗

— Koichi Tanaka

#came #closely #electronics #employment #engineer

You know, I'm a Republican, I'm a Conservative, I voted for George Bush. ↗

— Tom Tancredo

#conservative #george #george bush #i #know

These meetings all have excited great attention, and have been of an exceedingly interesting character. ↗

— Lewis Tappan

#been #character #exceedingly #excited #great

You may imagine the joy manifested by these poor Africans, when they heard one of their own color address them in a friendly manner, and in a language they could comprehend! ↗

— Lewis Tappan

#color #comprehend #could #friendly #heard

I just grew up watching a lot of movies. I'm attracted to this genre and that genre, this type of story, and that type of story. As I watch movies I make some version of it in my head that isn't quite what I'm seeing - taking the things I like and mixing them with stuff I've never seen before. ↗

— Quentin Tarantino

#before #genre #grew #head #i

Any time not spent on love is wasted. ↗

— Torquato Tasso

#love #love is #spent #time #wasted

As has repeatedly been stated, the underlying hypothesis, which in a number of cases has been supported by direct experimental evidence, is that each gene controls the production, function, and specificity of a particular enzyme. ↗

— Edward Lawrie Tatum

#cases #controls #direct #each #enzyme