"We know that Russia has done things that are very much against our interests. They've done things that require us to take punitive action against Russia. That does not mean we can't work with Russia where we have a common agenda. Russia is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council; we need their help in isolating North Korea and their nuclear weapons violations. So, we still need to work with Russia. But Russia's done things that are contrary to our national security interest, and the US must respond to those types of activities."

Source : Source: www.politico.com

Ben Cardin

#Mean Quotes #Done Quotes #Helping Quotes

“But I think it’s important to discuss just how easy it is for any of us to get caught up in things that might seem unthinkable—to get sucked into the wrong environment and make moral compromises that can tarnish us terribly. We like to think that we change our environment, but the truth is that it changes us. So we have to be extraordinarily careful to choose the right environment—to work with, and even socialize with, the right people. Ideally, we should stick close to people who are better than us so that we can become more like them.”

Source : Guy Spier (2014). “The Education of a Value Investor: My Transformative Quest for Wealth, Wisdom, and Enlightenment”, p.20, Palgrave Macmillan
“Being glamorous is about strength and confidence. It's black and white - dramatic. You have to be strong.”

Source : FaceBook post by Catherine Zeta-Jones from Jan 25, 2017
“The Romans dominated Egypt for four hundred years, from the time of Augustus (30 BC to 395 AD).”
“It wasn't until a year later, when a young woman with Danish pastries on either side of her head knelt down in front of a walking dustbin to record an important message, that love truly came to town." - p 16 [re: Princess Leia]”
“The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.”

Source : Edmund Waller, Thomas Park (1808). “The Poetical Works of Edmund Waller: Collated with the Best Editions”
“We would often rather seem dutiful to others than to succeed in our duties; and often we would rather tell our friends that we have done them good than to do good in actuality.”
“To do science today is to experience a dimension unique in contemporary working lives; the work promises something incomparable: the sense of living both personally and historically. That is why science now draws to itself all kinds of people - charlatans, mediocrities, geniuses - everyone who wants to touch the flame, feel alive to the time.”

Source : Vivian Gornick (2013). “Women in Science: Then and Now”, p.16, The Feminist Press at CUNY
“Anything where people have to work together makes me cry.”

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