#thrown

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it. ↗

— Henry Adams

#american society #anything #flat #into #pond

Washington has thrown their soldiers on the fire. ↗

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

#soldiers #their #thrown #washington

I think daily that the country's future is being thrown to the wind. ↗

— Edwidge Danticat

#country #daily #future #i #i think

Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them. ↗

— Martin Henry Fischer

#birds #could #eat #except #half

Sometimes, as is the case of peach and plum trees, which are often dwarfed, the plants are thrown into a flowering states, and then, as they flower freely year after year, they have little inclination to make vigorous growth. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#case #dwarfed #flower #flowering #freely

The war on terrorism has made national security a legitimate concern, and a rising deficit, changes brought on by globalization and even the price of oil have thrown the nation's economic health into question. ↗

— Roger Mahony

#changes #concern #deficit #economic #even

I have this problem in the rebirthing community because it's so powerful sometimes, I get thrown out because people want to do things a certain way and they are just not open to new ideas, so they don't want me to come around. ↗

— Leonard Orr

#because #certain #certain way #come #community

For some people, an event happens and they are thrown into a tabloid feeding ground. ↗

— Clive Owen

#feeding #ground #happens #into #people

Popstars really draws you in. It's fascinating. It's interesting to watch people thrown together in that kind of a situation. Even if the egos weren't involved and they weren't trying to be world famous. It's the Real World, only better. ↗

— Scott Patterson

#draws #egos #even #famous #fascinating

I think when you're a bigger star you get many good scripts sent to you, and you have to choose which one you're going to gravitate toward, but I just try to gravitate toward the best-written one that's been thrown my way after a lot of girls have passed on it. ↗

— Amanda Peet

#been #bigger #choose #get #going